Fri, Mar 12, 2004
Learn How To Power Your Integrated-Datalink MFD
Avidyne has announced that they are offering PC-based
interactive training software for the FlightMax EX500
multi-function display. This new EX500 trainer emulates the EX500
MFD’s operation right on the PC desktop, allowing the user to
“fly” user-defined flight plans and retrieve datalinked
graphical weather and TFRs along the route. The EX500 training
software is downloadable free of charge from the Avidyne
website.
Avidyne claims the FlightMax EX500 free-play trainer provides an
unrestricted training environment that allows the user to randomly
access virtually all pages and functions as they would on the real
product. The fully-customizable software simulates all on-board
sensors which could be connected to the MFD, including weather
radar, traffic (TAS/TCASI or TCAD), lightning (WX500
Stormscope®), and terrain (EGPWS/TAWS). For users who do not
have one or more of these sensors in their aircraft, the
simulator’s sensor settings can be changed to match the
user’s actual aircraft configuration. A navigation simulator
is also included which allows the user to create custom flight
plans and provides basic GPS input for the EX500.
When running on a PC with internet access, the EX500 trainer
retrieves actual weather (NEXRAD, METAR, AIRMET/SIGMET) and TFRs
from the Avidyne Network Operations Center (NOC) and shows them on
the display all along the route, similar to the way the EX500 does
in flight. A simulated datalink function is also included for PCs
without internet access.
The software package includes the EX500 trainer, a brief
installation and operations guide, and a PDF version of the actual
EX500 Pilot’s Guide for reference. The software operates on
PCs with the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system, and
requires approximately 170MB of free hard disk space. Avidyne
recommends a PII-800 with 128MB RAM as a minimum platform.
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