Un Simulador de Vuelo con cabina "FULL MOTION" para todos los públicos

Barcelona, 12 de enero de 2011

plugandplaysim.com, fabricante nacional ubicado en la provincia de Barcelona, ha desarrollado el SIMVOL-04, que se posiciona como el primer simulador de vuelo con cabina cerrada Full Motion que ofrece el realismo y diversión del vuelo deportivo y privado a un coste hora accesible para todos los públicos.

Este novedoso producto está fabricado íntegramente en España y permite al usuario actuar sobre todos los mandos de control, comunicación y navegación de una aeronave monomotor utilizando Microsoft Flight Simualtor X como software de simulación.

Cualquier amante de la aviación acostumbrado a los simuladores de vuelo y con las nociones básicas de control de una aeronave puede disfrutar de una experiencia hasta ahora sólo accesible para aquellas personas que deseaban ampliar o mantener sus conocimientos, habilidades y competencias en los simuladores de compañías aéreas y empresas de formación certificadas por aviación civil y que suponen un coste de hasta 600 euros la hora.

plugandplaysim.com responde así a la más que demostrada demanda de los pilotos virtuales. Solo en la división española de IVAO (International Virtual Aviation Organization) hay más de 10.800 miembros registrados, demostrando que los pilotos virtuales son sin duda la cantera en la que poder apalancar el crecimiento del sector aeronáutico nacional, deportivo y privado.

Uno de los SIMVOL-04 está instalado en el AeroClub de Barcelona ? Sabadell al que pueden acceder socios y no socios, lo cual implica por un lado el compromiso del AeroClub por el desarrollo de su oferta formativa y al mismo tiempo la calidad técnica y realismo logrado por plugandplaysim.com, sustentada también por el creciente interés demostrado por clientes particulares y profesionales deseosos de ubicar este simulador en sus hogares y centros de ocio y entretenimiento.

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Gulfstrem makes business-aviation history with 1st flight to use electrically powered back-up Fligh Control System

G650 Flight Evaluates Fly-By-Wire In Electric Backup Mode

AVANNAH, Ga., January 12, 2011 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. test pilots and flight-test  engineers recently made business-aviation history when they flew the Gulfstream G650 flight-test aircraft for the first time using only an electrically powered, fly-by-wire backup flight-control actuation system.

Gulfstream's Serial Number (S/N) 6001 flew for a total of 3 hours and 33 minutes on Dec. 21, 2010.  Test pilots Jake Howard and Gary Freeman along with flight-test engineers Bill Osborne and Nathaniel Rutland evaluated the fly-by-wire system in electric backup actuation mode for 2 hours and 20 minutes of the flight, performing five landings with the backup system engaged.

"The system performed flawlessly," said Pres Henne, senior vice president, Programs, Engineering and Test, Gulfstream. "There was no difference in handling qualities between the electrically and hydraulically powered modes."

"It flew so well that unless pilots were told they were in backup actuation mode I don't think they would notice," said test pilot Freeman.

Typically, fly-by-wire uses a third hydraulic system to provide redundancy in the event of a dual hydraulic system failure. However, Gulfstream's fly-by-wire architecture uses electric backup hydraulic actuators (EBHA): electrically controlled actuators that are primarily hydraulically powered but offer electric power as a backup. A self-contained hydraulic reservoir and motor pump allow full operation should hydraulic loss occur.

The G650 has an EBHA at every primary control surface (elevator, rudder and aileron) as well as the outboard spoiler. These provide enhanced safety and aircraft availability because of the two different power sources. The self-contained actuators also offer an advantage following extremely rare failure scenarios, such as a rotor burst.

The Dec. 21 G650 flight began with evaluating the electric backup-mode handling qualities in one axis and then progressed to full evaluations in all axes (pitch, roll and yaw). The test conditions consisted of all flap settings at 10,000 feet for speeds ranging from 1.13 reference stall speed (VSR) to maximum flap extended speed (VFE). Cruise configurations were evaluated at FL280, FL350 and FL450 and the full speed spectrum. The pilots also initiated an emergency descent profile from FL450 to FL250. Additionally, they evaluated handling qualities in the landing configuration by making multiple offset approaches at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport in Brunswick, Ga.

The EBHAs for the G650 are provided by Parker Hannifin.

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