MPS deploys Projectiondesign for pilot training at EPST

MPS has just carried out an interesting installation in the European Pilot Selection & Training (EPST) for the Airbus A320.

Continuing with the initiative to reduce the cost of implementing flight simulation, MPS has just carried out an interesting installation in the European Pilot Selection & Training (EPST) for the Airbus A320.

MPS (Multi Pilot Simulations), based in Groenekan (Netherlands), is an experienced provider of aeronautical solutions. Fifteen years ago, Its founder, Dick Verburg, launched the European Pilot Selection & Training EPST as a centre of excellence in pilot training. Thanks to a careful selection of candidates and training programs tailored to the needs of a constantly evolving sector, the EPST centre has enjoyed a success of the 100% in the placement of pilots in airlines.

For several years, Verburg was looking for simulators that would meet its demands. Finding none,chose to develop a hardware system and software platform for five years with the goal of producing an FSTD with the lowest acquisition and operating costs in its class.

Projectiondesign F22

MPS designs all parts of the FSTD, including its current fixed-base flight simulators that have been modelled in conformity with commercial aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing B737-800W, They may also be certified as such. In addition, MPS manufactures a "generic" reactor simulator.

The MPS FSTD features a high-end RSI Raster XT4 imager from Visual Systems and a projection screen with a horizontal field of view of 200 Degrees By 30 Degrees, while a more advanced version offers a collimated mirror display for enhanced realism.

A total of four FSTDs have been installed at the EPST training centre. An MPS FTSD Airbus A320 flight simulator has also been installed at the EPST headquarters in Utrecht and has been renovated by MPS. There is another simulator based on the design of the Boeing B737-800W and using three WQXGA projectors from Projectiondesign F22; A third simulator based on the same flight deck, but with three WUXGA F12 projectors; and a fourth simulator that is being used for procedural training and that uses a single projector wuxga projectiondesign F22.