Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
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Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
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Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#2Some relevant links:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/ca-publications/9-LRA-e....
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/10/04/pilots-licence-simulator-...
I would love it if a developer involved in Transport Canada approved simulator software could comment.
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#3Simulators are not the problem for renewal, they get increasingly better with time.
The problem is relying on automation instead of real piloting skills
I trust much more a pilot practicing manual flying in a simulator than doing real flying in "Children of Magenta" mode
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#4Simulators are great for training on emergency scenarios that can't easily or safely be done in a real airplane, or practicing and learning new avionics or systems but they shouldn't be a substitute for real flying experience. This is a bad decision.
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#5I built one of these certified simulators; they are not what you will find at most people's desks. We built a cave with a large number of 120Hz 1080 projectors custom modified to sync in tandem to shutter glasses, and used a medical device for sub-millimeter head position tracking. The cockpit was an actual, decommissioned helicopter with working interfaces.
It was an incredible experience to build and operate; I never did stick around for the final install, which was going to mount the cockpit onto a platform capable of rotating and lifting in a variety of crazy ways.
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#6Simulators are great for training on emergency scenarios that can't easily or safely be done in a real airplane, or practicing and learning new avionics or systems but they shouldn't be a substitute for real flying experience. This is a bad decision.
As a pilot that is learning. Why can't a simulator recreate the real flying experience?
Especially on this fly by wire aircrafts?
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#7I built one of these certified simulators; they are not what you will find at most people's desks. We built a cave with a large number of 120Hz 1080 projectors custom modified to sync in tandem to shutter glasses, and used a medical device for sub-millimeter head position tracking. The cockpit was an actual, decommissioned helicopter with working interfaces. It was an incredible experience to build and operate; I nev…
What is the purpose of the head position tracking?
Did the aircraft you build the simulator for has some sort of advanced HUD that always shows correctly no matter the position of the pilot head??
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#8It would be nice if we had either public driving simulators or classes that you could use to improve your driving and response to erratic other drivers. I suspect that the lack of this deliberate training is one reason why driving is much more dangerous than flying. Back when I owned a car, it seemed like all of the classes on driving marketed themselves as either:
1) A totally unchallenging formality that will satisfy the requirements for keeping your license.
2) Training for police to use a car as tactically while being shot at.
There didn't seem to be any middle ground for people who just felt like they'd like to reduce their chances of killing a cyclist.
I wonder if it would profitable to build an arcade machine and charge people to play a more immersive version of Crazy Taxi, GTA, or some prohibition bootlegger simulator.
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#9Simulators are great for training on emergency scenarios that can't easily or safely be done in a real airplane, or practicing and learning new avionics or systems but they shouldn't be a substitute for real flying experience. This is a bad decision.
As a pilot that is learning. Why can't a simulator recreate the real flying experience? Especially on this fly by wire aircrafts?
Completely putting aside the question of the quality of the simulation of the aircraft and physics involved, one possible reason is that simulations can remove extreme emotions from the equation. The pilot knows they won't die in the simulator if they make an error. (This can be both a positive and negative gain.)
To take it to the extreme, would you be willing to attempt landing a real 747 solo, having only ever flown using simulators?
Re: Canadian pilots no longer have to fly real aircraft to keep valid licences
#10I built one of these certified simulators; they are not what you will find at most people's desks. We built a cave with a large number of 120Hz 1080 projectors custom modified to sync in tandem to shutter glasses, and used a medical device for sub-millimeter head position tracking. The cockpit was an actual, decommissioned helicopter with working interfaces. It was an incredible experience to build and operate; I nev…
What is the purpose of the head position tracking? Did the aircraft you build the simulator for has some sort of advanced HUD that always shows correctly no matter the position of the pilot head??
So it would feel real; you could look out the side window, or shift your weight to look around trees or to get a better view down the side of the helicopter.
I work in VR now and honestly nothing comes close to the experience we built.