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Showing posts with label Flight Simulator. Show all posts

2012-10-22

Flight simulation Flightgear WW1 Belgian aircraft

Flightgear is a free Flight simulator. Some Belgian WW1 aircraft are available for this application.

see the article at http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/apasim/fgfs-models.html
Models by AF Scrub (af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com): "WWI Belgian Collection"
Sopwith Camel

Belgian-Camel.zip
Currently flying and included with FlightGear (flies with the command fgfs --aircraft=sopwithCamel-v1-nl-uiuc-set.xml).
Hanriot H.D.1

Belgian-H-D1.zip

Nieuport 17 (one gun)

Belgian-Nieuport17.zip

Nieuport 17 (two guns)



Spad VII



Spad XIII


2012-02-11

A Super Cub simulator

Hello,
Discover this project at http://colibrisim.free.fr/actualites/index.html to build a Supercub cockpit for Flight Simulator.
As the author is looking for parts to add as much realism as possible to his project, do not hesitate to contact him if you know where to find some.

Many happy landings






2011-12-19

CAE flies for Music For Life !!!

We are very proud to announce that this year, CAE is again taking part in the charity action of STUBRU “Music for Life” !   Please find out more about the charity actions by the Red Cross of Flanders on http://www.rodekruisvlaanderen.be/  This year’s goal is to save the 1.5 million children that are killed yearly by diarrhea due to the lack of hygiene, sanitary installations and clean and safe drinking water, a basic human right.

We are offering different slots in Full Flight Simulators Airbus 320, Boeing 737 NG and the ATR, in either Melsbroek or Steenokkerzeel.
Each slot is 3 hours, timing is on Saturday 24th December 2011 from 0800h to 1100h or 1100h to 1400h.
We provide the pilot/instructor and 3 guests can enjoy each slot. 

Please refer to the links below for bidding on E-bay.  Spread the word to your friends, aviation fans, family, colleagues and more, and make a difference by saving a child’s life !  Thank you.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRr8hX_avtkDanmabBdMZtOituJ4eFNQ71ZLB7zP3ttULUCx1evv3LMLg 



CAE Training & Services, Brussels
CAE

Airport Building 117,  Block 3
B-1820 Melsbroek
Belgium

 

2011-10-13

Belgian firm Barco unveils new Top Gun flight simulator







(Reuters) - A Belgian company has unveiled the ultimate fighter jet training tool, a fully immersive 360-degree flight simulator designed to reproduce reality exactly as a pilot sees it.
The dome is the first flight simulator to give trainee pilots a full unobstructed 360 degree view of the world as they conduct virtual missions, said Barco, a maker of high-definition projectors and displays.
"It's not an improvement, it's a new generation of simulators," Geert Matthys, research and development manager at the company, said.
"If a pilot has a cockpit where he can see 360 degrees, he also needs to be trained in a system which supplies 360 degrees, all deviation from real life can be dangerous," said Matthys.
The simulator can be used in a series, with several pilots working together to play out complex training missions such as mid-air refueling.
"For the first application there will be eight systems positioned next to each other and they will do mission training with each other," said project manager Kathy Verledens.
It can also train up pilots for solo sorties.
The development team has taken since 2009 to get the device just right.
An array of 13 high-definition projectors shine onto the outside of a 3.4 meter diameter acrylic sphere. The trainee pilot sits on the inside looking at the inner surface.
The dome, which can be used to train pilots to use a variety of fast fighter jets, was first sold to Elbit Systems, which is currently installing it with its customer, the Israeli Air Force. The system should be fully operational in 2012.
Barco engineers use lasers to line up the 10 megapixel projectors so that the different projected images are perfectly aligned.
One of the main technical challenges was to replicate the exact contrast that a pilot sees, stopping the brightness of the image throwing too much light onto the darker areas.
"In general use you have 50 percent of your dome filled with white, but in a dome all this white reaches other parts of the dome where you have black, so it's acting as ambient light," said Matthys.
"We take care of the reflections in such a way that the system contrast is kept to a high level and this, in combination with high resolution and high brightness over 360 degrees, is a breakthrough in the industry."