MVRsimulation visuals for simulator delivered to FAA by ZedaSoft
The Piper Malibu M350 flight simulator will be used by the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute for research into civil human factors and flight safety.
Brookline, MA, 10 August, 2020: MVRsimulation’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) forms part of a new Piper Malibu M350 flight simulator delivered to the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) by ZedaSoft.
The specially-designed flight simulator is a Technically Advanced General Aviation Research Simulator (TAGARS), which will be used by CAMI for research into civil human factors and flight safety.
MVRsimulation is part of a team selected by systems integrator ZedaSoft to provide an industry-leading solution specially designed to meet the FAA’s needs. Precision Flight Controls provided the cockpit, flight controls, and simulated Garmin G1000 hardware. With assistance from Garmin, ZedaSoft developed a G1000 software simulator and integrated it with the Precision Flight Controls G1000 hardware. Bihrle Applied Research provided the pilot-validated flight model and aircraft systems models derived from test data. When combined with ZedaSoft’s patented Container Based Architecture for Simulation (CBA), these models are what make the aircraft fly like a Piper Malibu M350.
For the 3D real time visual suite, ZedaSoft integrated MVRsimulation’s VRSG as part of the TAGARS’ projector-dome configuration to provide the visual system for both the out-the-window and sensor views. VRSG simulates the onboard sensor system by streaming real-time HD-quality H.264 video with KLV metadata. This enables operators to train using the same hardware that they use while flying actual, real-world missions. Out-the window views of MVRsimulation’s round-earth geospecific 3D terrain of Continental US (CONUS) are projected on to the dome displays, enabling training to take place immersed in a virtual world that exactly replicates real-world terrain. The terrain can also serve as a baseline to which higher-fidelity information can be added, such as LIDAR elevation data, GPS point surveys, or 3D point features such as buildings, trees, targets, and runway models, to refine the database in a given area of interest.
ZedaSoft’s patented CBA framework serves as the runtime engine in the TAGARS simulator.
“TAGARS is an example of what can be achieved by integrating best-of-breed simulation products,” Fred Fleury, ZedaSoft, said. “ZedaSoft looks forward to many more collaborative projects with Precision Flight Controls, Bihrle Applied Research, and MVRsimulation – and to many more satisfied customers.”
Garth Smith, President, MVRsimulation, added: “It is great to see that VRSG has been selected to be a part of this simulator solution integrated by ZedaSoft for the FAA’s CAMI. Our successful and rewarding working relationship with ZedaSoft stretches back more than a decade and it is always exciting to see what projects like this can deliver when technology from industry leading players is brought together to create new and innovative solutions for the training and simulation market.”
Image: VRSG provides the simulator’s out-the-window view over MVRsimulation’s round-earth geospecific 3D terrain of CONUS (Image courtesy of ZedaSoft).