The Roadmap to Qualification - The Validation Data Road Map (VDR)
Exploring the history and importance of VDRs in flight simulator qualification, from their beginnings to their crucial role today and future
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The Sim Ops Team
- May 30
- 4 min
You don't always get what you want, but you might get what you need
The blog discusses challenges with Arinc report 446 guidance on flight simulator documentation, advising to specify required docs in RFPs.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Reasons to be cheerful - SIM PART
We caught up with one of the architects of Sim Part to learn what this was all about, what it was aimed at and why it was being done.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Mar 27
- 4 min
A Dedicated Follower of Change - Keeping up-to-date
Keeping flight simulators current requires regular updates. Our blog explores the challenges & processes to manage these effectively.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Feb 7
- 6 min
The end of recurrent evaluations?
Blog examines changes to FSTD recurrent evaluation process - shifting focus from device testing to auditing operator compliance capabilities
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The Sim Ops Team
- Jan 10
- 4 min
To Qualify or to Certify, that is the Question
This blog explores FSTD qualification vs. certification debate, highlighting industry implications and complexities.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Dec 21, 2023
- 5 min
Writing a business case: making the numbers add-up
We often talk to people looking at starting up training centres and have helped some of these with the first step: to write a business case.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Nov 22, 2023
- 4 min
Who's Going to Maintain our Simulators?
At the recent FSEMC the one workshop looked at the issues surrounding “Simulator Technician Recruiting, Trainiing and Certificatification".
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The Sim Ops Team
- Sep 14, 2023
- 6 min
What have the Aircraft Manufacturers ever done for us?
Let's consider why the OEMs bother to support the simulation industry. As always, it boils down to enlightened self-interest.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Aug 17, 2023
- 5 min
Why go to Industry Conferences?
Sim Ops readies for fall conferences. Addressing cost concerns, we explore event benefits as customers seek justification for attendance.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Jul 14, 2023
- 6 min
I don't need spares - I have a five-year warranty
Introduction Between us at Sim Ops, we have heard this statement stated regularly over the years. Having had a conversation predicated on...
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The Sim Ops Team
- Jun 14, 2023
- 5 min
FFS in Motion, or not
We recently assisted a customer having problems getting their FFS motion system to engage. We now look at what can go wrong with those.
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The Sim Ops Team
- May 4, 2023
- 6 min
Compliance - noun, Practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority (source OED)
With the increasing emphasis by authorities on operators policing themselves, we look at the concept of compliance.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Mar 29, 2023
- 5 min
Mirror, mirror on the... FSTD
The majority of FFS use stretched mylar mirrors. So we thought we should look at the systems, not just the mirrors, in more detail.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Mar 14, 2023
- 5 min
The Great Aircraft Parts Debate - Part Two: Avionic Systems
Introduction Part one of this Blog looked at the parts that make up the physical flight deck of a Flight Simulation Training Device...
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The Sim Ops Team
- Dec 7, 2022
- 7 min
Accepting your FSTD - On Site Acceptance (OSA)
In 2020 we took a look at accepting your FSTD at the TDM facility. We thought it was now time to complete the process with the OSA.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Oct 20, 2022
- 4 min
A Hommage to Arinc Report 610
If there is one document that is indispensable in the design of FSTDs it is Arinc Report 610 published by FSEMC.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Sep 15, 2022
- 6 min
Simulator Technician Training
This month we explore in more detail the topic of FSTD technician training.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Aug 11, 2022
- 6 min
Installing a FFS
We thought we would share some experiences about how to prepare for the installation of a Full Flight Simulator.
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The Sim Ops Team
- Jun 8, 2022
- 7 min
The Man from the Ministry cometh (Qualification)
This month we thought we would take a look at the issues around the qualification of devices.
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