What can this simulator be used for?
A great way to gain valuable piloting experience - safely, on the ground
On the ground, there's time to explain everything and try it
out. You'll use the simulator at every stage of your
training - from PPL(A) and ULL(A), for practising emergency
procedures and communication, through parachute-system
scenarios, all the way to IFR training.
It's not a game - it's a Cirrus cockpit
You sit in a cockpit with three projected views, and every
control is exactly where it is in the real aircraft - from the
throttle and flaps to the avionics control panel. The flight
model faithfully reproduces the aircraft's behaviour in every
phase of flight, so you're not getting used to something that
will feel different in the air. The simulator also covers the
SR20, SR22 and SR22T models, and both generations of
avionics, Perspective and Perspective+.
Failures you'd never get to try in a real aircraft
In a real aircraft, nobody's going to cut the engine just so you
can try to handle it. On the simulator we can set up almost
any failure, plus any weather and time of day - and if
something doesn't go well, we simply try it again. The most
valuable part is being able to pause the flight, break down
the situation, and carry on.
The only one in the Czech Republic that can do the parachute
The Cirrus has a whole-airframe parachute rescue system, and
deploying it is a decision a pilot makes once in a lifetime -
under pressure, in a matter of seconds. This is the only
simulator in the Czech Republic that can faithfully simulate its
use, so you can walk through that procedure before you'd ever
need it for real.
Cheaper and more efficient than an hour in the air
An hour on the simulator is roughly 60% cheaper than an hour in the
aircraft - and you get more done in it, because there's no
take-off, no transit to the training area, and no waiting for the
weather. You can also rent the simulator on your own, without
an instructor, just to keep your routine sharp.