In accordance with the methods applied today to perform training flights, an aircraft crew should actuate controls, regulating functionality of an actual aircraft and its aggregates and systems, and simulators of the said controls. Activation of this equipment might result in breaks, system failures and accidental start-up of the engine. Data on the devices’ actual position is transferred to a signal processing unit located in the computer. The method known at present also provides for: situation visualization in a real time mode; display of the air situation outside the cockpit on a screen located in front of the aircraft crew (image of a visible part of air space and earth surface in the flight area); generation of instrumentation panels on the screen; activation of aircraft power installation controls based on the simulation parameters to create forces equal to respective actual forces on a real aircraft. In addition, methods used today presumes: generation of acoustic effects accompanying the flight; flight data record; data exchange in a real time mode with other aircrafts and the flight control room.

Functional capabilities of the new installation have been extended. Signals characterizing position of controls regulating aircraft and its aggregates and systems mode of operation are sent in digital form from the aircraft’s objective control instrumentation and computer output ports to a signal processing unit.

The newly-patented training flight installation consists of: an actual aircraft with its controls, aggregates and systems; simulators of the controls activation of which might cause equipment breaks and system failure and accidentally start-up the engine; aircraft automatic control system with a device to actuate power installation controls they are connected with. Standard set of the training installation also includes: screens to display visual situation outside the cockpit and instrumentation panels; a device to produce acoustic information; a device to match aircraft equipment with that of the computer with a built-in data exchange unit to communicate with other aircrafts and the central flight control room; a device to visualize situation outside the aircraft cockpit; a unit to receive instrumentation panel image; a unit to produce sound effects; training flight data base unit. In addition, training installation comprises the following functional blocks: a signal processing unit with a built-in device to calculate navigation parameters; a device to get image of land facilities and flying objects; a device to simulate earth landscape; a 3D-image calculator; a unit to simulate dynamics of the flight; a unit to simulate aircraft power installation; a unit to simulate aircraft aggregates and systems operation. The signal processing unit made with a back-feed with the data exchange unit and data base unit. Output ports of the signal processing unit are connected with the power equipment controls activation device, the device to visualize the situation outside the cockpit and the simulation unit used to produce instrumentation panel image and sound effects. The output port of these units are respectively connected with the screens the out-cockpit visual information, instrumentation panels and sound information are displayed on. The land facilities and air objects simulation unit, the landscape simulation unit, aircraft flight dynamics simulation unit and the navigation parameters calculation unit are connected with the 3D-image calculator. The flight dynamics simulation unit, power installation simulation unit and the aircraft’s aggregates and systems operation simulation unit are matched with each other.

As compared with previous training installation, functional capabilities of the new installation have been enhanced. The newly-proposed training installation is equipped with the built-in computers and objective control devices. This equipment receives information from transducers checking the aircraft controls position, aircraft’s aggregates and systems. The outlet ports of the objective control unit and computers are connected with the built-in signal processing unit input port of the computer which, in turn, linked with an actual aircraft.

S.A.Panaev, etc.

142000, the Moscow obl. (region), Tcherbinka, ul. Kosmonavtov 12 kv. 148  To: A.V.Firsov

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