VIDEO & PICTURES: Updated convention - Boeing 787 simulator preview
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While the travelling public still awaits the arrival of the Boeing 787, CAE has been busy building 787 simulators for several of the aircraft's launch customers and preparing the devices for certification.
The Canadian manufacturer offered a brief window of opportunity at its Montreal facility to allow Flight International a chance to preview is rendition of the 787. Still on the production floor was a CAE 7000 series simulator configured as a 787 with General Electric GEnx-1B engines. The simulator was being built for Continental Airlines, Boeing's domestic 787 launch customer.
Continental is buying both -8 and -9 variants, and the simulator was configured as a 787-8 with 70,000lb-rated thrust (311kN). While by design the simulator is supposed to feel just like the real thing, my subjective comments on how the "787" flew and felt are clearly only reflective of CAE's simulator.
Visual cues are an essential part of piloting and its simulation. Continental is to use a Rockwell Collins visual display for its 787 simulator. Tactile cues also play a significant role. As with the Airbus A330 simulator, the 787 has CAE's True Electric Motion system.
Developed in co-operation with Moog, the all-electric system promises smooth and quiet articulation. In an added nod to efficiency, it requires just 25% of the power needed to run a comparable hydraulic actuation system.
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