338 Flying the Loft Dynamics Full Motion, Virtual Reality, Airbus H125 Helicopter Simulator + GA News

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Max explores Loft Dynamics, a Swiss company transforming helicopter training with cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) simulators. During his visit to their Santa Monica demo center, Max flies the Airbus H125 training device, the only VR simulator approved by EASA.

Loft Dynamics offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional full-motion simulators, which are bulky and expensive, ranging from $6 to $20 million. Their compact VR simulators, including the H125, H145, and Robinson R22, cost around $1 million and utilize an open design with electric motor-driven seats. The technology includes Varjo VR headsets, Valve Index Base Station systems, and Lenovo servers running IPACS software, ensuring high accuracy and immersive experiences.

Tedd Rossi from Loft Dynamics provides insights into the simulator’s features, including an instructor console that manages aircraft settings, environmental controls, and malfunction simulations. The console tracks eye movements and body positioning, offering valuable training feedback.

A standout feature is the ability to perform external sling load operations, certified by EASA, highlighting the simulators' realism and training value. Max's hands-on experience reveals the potential industry impact, emphasizing the accessibility and effectiveness of Loft Dynamics' VR solutions for smaller operators and training centers.

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0:00.0	Virtual reality. It's not just the future of flight training. It's real. It's here now. And it is
0:07.0	great. Today you'll hear me as I was flying in Loft Dynamics New Certified Full Motion
0:12.7	Helicopter simulator for the Airbus H-1-25. They also have one for the Robinson R-22.
0:19.0	Both use virtual reality, and there are a fraction of the
0:21.8	cost of typical full-motion simulators. This will revolutionize flight training for helicopters
0:27.5	and fixed-wing aircraft, so please stick around and hear what it was like. Hello again,
0:33.1	and welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk general aviation. My name is Max Truscott. I've been flying for 50 years. I'm the author of several books and the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year. And my mission is to help you become the safest possible pilot. Last week in episode 337, we talked about human factors and how a heavy pilot workload resulted in the crash of Yeti Airlines Flight
0:55.2	691 in Nepal in 2023.
0:58.7	So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewstalk.com
1:02.4	slash 337.
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1:39.2	they'll read your name on the show. Coming up in the news for the week of July 8th, 2024,
1:45.8	a chipmunk crashes in Australia and will tell you why. The Pegasus flying cars coming to the U.S. And a nurse driving
1:51.9	to work renders aid after an airplane hits her truck. All this and more, and the news starts now.
2:01.5	From atsb.gov.au,
2:05.0	chipmunk crashes in Australia.
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