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1. 1. HAI Convention News 2003: Sim training can be virtually realistic

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   Published on: 6/25/2002   Last Visited: 12/27/2003

   Joe Candlish, director of rotor wing development for Frasca International, said, "Now that helicopter simulation has caught up to the state-of-the-art for helicopters, we've decided to move into some niche areas such as long-line [external load] simulation." Candlish came to Frasca with a long history of diverse helicopter operational experience so he immediately identified long-line simulation as an area of high need.
   
   "Our Bell 206 IFR/VFR FTD has, for the first time ever, long-line simulation capability," Candlish said. "Combined with an FVS/200TX 220-degree wrap-around visual system, the pilot can look outside the cockpit side to side and also down onto a floor screen below. This allows us to simulate an external load operation with any length line the customer wants. We can teach a pilot to fly any aircraft safely in a long- line operation through the use of simulation. Until now, it could be done only in an aircraft and that's an inherently dangerous procedure." Candlish said the company has already begun work on a fire-suppression model for the FTD.
   
   "The fire-suppression model will have a good visual representation of a fire including flames under the aircraft, water drop, a water source and collection capability, other aircraft, ground objects such as trees and other obstructions, and visual distractions such as a truck driving into sight or a deer running out of the woods," Candlish said. "We are working on both Bambi Bucket and L.A. Tank system simulations. The idea is to make the model as realistic as the current state of technology will allow."
   
   Candlish said he foresees the new technology being used for many different niche training markets including precision long-line operations such as HVAC placement, air/sea rescue, logging and seismological exploration.