![]() ![]() ![]() Prior to an airliner’s first flight, STC simulators let Airbus engineers safely evaluate manoeuvres and scenarios that would be too dangerous to undertake in an actual flight they also allow test flight crews to become familiar with how a new aircraft and its systems will perform during the actual test flight campaign. While a typical session in an Airbus flight simulator lasts around two and a half hours, a 72-hour multi-leg world tour is possible. These engineers also perform human factor trials, observing how flight crews react to various alarms and displays. Unlike the simulators used at Airbus Training Centres around the world that feature the latest certified systems for a given aircraft – and which are used by airline pilots to familiarise themselves with a jetliner type – the vast majority of STC simulator users are testers, usually Airbus engineers validating new systems and upgrades to existing ones. ![]() Each simulator was made in-house by Airbus personnel the oldest one, for Airbus’ cornerstone A300/A310 aircraft, is more than 40 years old. Some of the 10 simulators in building M24 are dedicated to just one aircraft family, such as the A350 XWB, while others can be configured for different variants across families. It’s at the Saint-Martin campus in Toulouse, France that simulators for all Airbus commercial aircraft are housed – from in-development models that have yet to take wing, through each and every in-service model, to the Airbus aircraft of yesteryear no longer in production. F or 11 hours each workday – and sometimes longer – the flight simulators at Airbus’ Single Test Centre, or STC, are kept busy. ![]()
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