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A REACH Air Medical pilot receives training in compatible Bell 407 Level 7 FTD.
T
he most recent addition lineup is the FRASCA
devices (FTD). There are preliminary plans to upgrade the simulator so that it can be 407 GX. This will allow HFTC to quickly convert the aircraft from a round-gauge Bell 407 to the glass panel GX, which features the Garmin G1000 system. SimAssist™, NVG compatibility,
and HeliSAS are the top three new technologies incorporated into the Bell 407 FTD.
SimAssist™ is an adaptive stability system for the pilot. to over-control helicopter sims in the beginning phases of training. In much the same way an instructor overrides the controls with a student learning to hover, SimAssist™ does much the same thing—without
the need for an instructor. The technology helps teach proper muscle memory for hovering how much instructor assistance is being provided) and tends or reduce iterations for certain training tasks.
NVG compatibility was a critical reason for putting the FRASCA FTD into service. There are many operators in both the EMS
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