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Cockpits

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Instrument Panel

Flight Test Modeling

Avionics

Control Systems

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Visual Systems

Composites

Structural

Cockpits

Frasca produces realistic high quality simulator cockpits. These can range in complexity from bare cockpit shells to fully populated cockpit assemblies inclusive of control loading systems, instruments and IO systems. Each cockpit is designed to the buyer’s specific requirements. These replica cockpits carry the advantages of being designed and constructed to withstand the physical strains encountered in flight simulators.

Instruments & Panels

Frasca designs and manufactures simulated aircraft instruments and control panels. Instruments include both mechanical and electronic displays. When appropriate, designs can include electronic interfaces and firmware to enable interfaces to a wide range of protocols.

Flight Test & Data Aquisitioning

Reliable flight test data is critical for making the accurate flight models required by realistic simulators. Frasca performs flight testing on both rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. Frasca flight tests have been used to support all levels of Flight Training Devices and Full Flight Simulators, including FAA Level D. Frasca recognizes that aircraft availability is often difficult and as result, Frasca has developed processes and techniques that greatly shorten the amount of time an aircraft is out of service.

Flight Modeling

Quality training requires a flight model that accurately represents the systems and flight characteristics of aspecific aircraft. Frasca’s modeling techniques blend high-quality predictive and empirical methods. This combination provides accurate data matching, and when appropriate, can realistically reproduce aircraft behavior outside the flight test data envelope. Benefits include simulation of slow flight, retreating blade stall, sling loads, hoist operations, spraying/firefighting, etc. Let Frasca produce an aerodynamic model for your simulator.

Flight Test Instrumentation

Comprehensive aircraft data is gathered by sophisticated sensors and instruments installed on aircraft systems, controls and the airframe. Several channels of HD video are synchronized with the sensors and data bus recordings. This results in clean and thorough data which leads to high quality flight models. Frasca has also developed the special utilities that synchronize and process all this data in a usable format along with the documentation tools to simplify data validation and simulator qualification.

Avionics

Frasca has developed interfaces for many of today’s most popular avionics. These include Garmin, Avidyne, Aspen, Rockwell Collins, Universal and more.

Control Systems

Frasca’s control loading systems feature high-torque electric motors with robust linkages to generate the forces that pilots encounter under normal and abnormal conditions. An integrated digital controller utilizes high-resolution sensors to monitor force and position at each control. Simulation software accurately models control interactions including cross-coupling between controls and realistic malfunctions. These accurate and durable systems help to ensure that pilots acquire a real feel for the aircraft in all conditions. Frasca’s control loading systems are tuned to match aircraft data and meet all levels of simulator approvals.

Vibration Systems

Frasca’s expertise in rotorcraft simulation has led to development of proprietary vibration systems that can add realism to both fixed-base and full-motion simulations. The oscillations experienced during helicopter start-up, hover, and translational lift are best re-created by vibration systems,

Visual Systems

Frasca’s TruVision™ Global puts you in the middle of a highly detailed world with custom options for satellite/aerial imagery, terrain mapping, and modeled details. Our Image Generator uses the best available COTS PC hardware and FRASCA’s TruVision™ Global software. Display systems are available in single-channel direct view and projected configurations, as well as wrap-around multi-channel configurations with large horizontal and vertical fields of view. Worldwide depiction of over 10,000 runways, terrain, world-wide coastlines, and fully variable time of day are all standard features. TruVision™ Global adds incredible realism and training value to your simulator.

Composites

Frasca designs and fabricates patterns and molds for composite parts. These include cockpit shells, visual display screens, cosmetic covers, flight test instrumentation fixtures, etc. Frasca then uses the molds to produce finished composite parts for use in flight simulators.

Structual Components

Structural components including cockpit base frames, motion flying platforms, boarding ramps, and composite honeycomb cab assemblies are designed and manufactured by Frasca. Designs are validated using Finite Element Analysis. Welding is certificated in accordance with the American Welding Society, AWS.

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