DESDEMONA

The gondola system consists of a roll system, the pitch system and the inner yaw system with the cabin. The roll system, the pitch and the inner yaw system have maintenance free torque motors and can rotate continuously. To ensure the unlimited rotation each system is equipped with slip rings and rotary joints.

The cabin contains of a functional aircraft cockpit mock-up including visual hardware, flight controls and instrumentation, an adjustable pilot seat, as well as audio/video/intercom equipment, sound system and computer hardware.

The visual system (OTW) is a five-projector solution and represents a Field of View of minimum 180° by 45°.

The Out of the Window (OTW) view, technically spoken the image generator (IG), is a brand new development allowing the highest level of details and effects. The realism of the IG gives the pilot the impression, like flying in the real aircraft rather than in a simulator. Even effects like clouds, reflections on water and snowfall and rain are extremely realistic.

State-of-the-art Simulators use onset-cueing with washout technology – a technology from the early 80’s. AMST developed OMC over the past four years and this cueing algorithm allows to produce the most realistic motion experience within the limitation of the specific motion system.

There is no limitation regarding the aircraft type simulated by DESDEMONA. For class-representative upset prevention and recovery training, a type-representative flight model with the characteristics of a type of aircraft such as Boeing B737 and Airbus A320 is used.