SCHEMAX, the new flight simulator built by ST Engineering Antycip for French aerospace lab ONERA, brings together latest technologies including 3D capabilities, separate and dynamic POV for pilot and co-pilot, and head and hand tracking. ONERA, through its Cognitive Engineering and Applied Neuroscience unit (ICNA) based at the Salon-de-Provence Air Base (BA 701), conducts cognitive engineering activities for the development of new Human/System Interaction (HSI) concepts for managing complex systems or operations. The study of human-system interactions necessarily involves putting the human operator in realistic conditions. These studies rely on the ability to simulate the real world, prototype innovative interaction modes, and characterise the impact of these new interaction modes on the performance of the human-machine couple. To meet the requirements of the studies, ONERA decided to install a flight simulator incorporating a research cockpit for large aircraft such as the Airbus A320 or A350, to immerse the human operator in an environment as close as possible to the real thing, which necessarily involves the visual. SCHEMAX, the flight simulator delivered by ST Engineering Antycip, has a large cylindrical screen, a 4K resolution with 3D capabilities, a dynamic viewpoint for the pilot and co-pilot, a head-tracking system, a motorised day or night mode, automatic calibration software, and an intuitive web interface. “We only had 13 weeks from validation to delivery,” said Quentin Blancheri, ST Engineering Antycip’s key account manager. “This was made possible thanks to the relationships ST Engineering Antycip has with other manufacturers like Barco, as well as our expertise in optical blending, which meant the team went onsite already knowing where to place projectors down to the millimetre." SCHEMAX includes a bespoke 5m long x 2.7m high cylindrical composite screen, which was delivered in six separate panels and built on site. With a field of view of 220 x 45 degrees, the bespoke screen is powered by three Barco FL40 projectors, which are designed from the ground up to handle the simulation environment’s most rigorous training requirements. The team also selected auto-calibration blending and warping, and for night-time simulation, integrated optical blending, tracking, and active 3D glasses. ONERA provided the cockpit and the PC Suite, although ST Engineering Antycip suggested the right computer specs for the job. The content, which also comes from ONERA, is fed via display port (two PCs per projector) and viewed using VR Vantage. “We selected ST Engineering Antycip because their technical offer met all of our requirements within the budget we had set. We are fully satisfied with the work done by ST Engineering Antycip, and the result exceeded our expectations. ONERA’s new SCHEMAX simulator now has a professional projection system allowing us to put the pilot and co-pilot in an immersive and realistic visual environment,” said Gregory Bonin, research engineer at ONERA. “The SCHEMAX simulator built for ONERA was one with so many functionalities, and it was yet another successful strategic project for us," said ST Engineering Antycip’s France and Spain director, Johan Besnainou. "We hope that the SCHEMAX project will be a long-term one to allow us to continue our great working relationship with ONERA and pledge our ongoing support.”
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