RSI is proud to announce another innovative visual system technology update for British Airways Flight Training.

Please here for more detailed information.

For further information please contact either:

Mike Freeman
Business Development Manager

mfreeman@rsi-visuals.com

Phone: +1 817.510.0350

Ralph Baker
Director European Business

ralph@rsi-visuals.com

Phone: +44 7775 538 055

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For further information please contact either:

Mike Freeman
Business Development Manager

mfreeman@rsi-visuals.com

Phone: +1 817.510.0350

Ralph Baker
Director European Business

ralph@rsi-visuals.com

Phone: +44 7775 538 055

The Christie Matrix StIM simulation projection system utilizes an LED illumination source that significantly reduces maintenance efforts and ownership costs. With the LED projectors, the need for costly lamp replacement commonly used on other projector types, is eliminated. This solid state illumination source is rated at 50,000 hours MTBF, and provides an increased color gamut for more dynamic and realistic rendering of the training environment. The Christie Matrix StIM features Christie ArrayLOC™, the continuous management of brightness and color of all the projectors in the array in real-time, without additional latency.

The paring of the Raster xT IG and the LED projectors, and subsequent approval by the FAA, is the culmination of extensive research, development, and evaluation by RSI, our projector partners, the FAA, and especially our customers, Kalitta Air and British Airways.

“It was a complete team effort to come up with a new technology solution that met the stringent FAA CFR Part 60 Qualification Performance Standards ,and provide our customers with a near “maintenance free” visual system” said RSI’s Director of Business Development, Michael Freeman.

RSI plans to continue working with our customers, projector partners, and regulatory authorities to bring this new cost effective technology to the Commercial Visual Simulation Training Environment.

British Airways and RSI have also embarked on a mutual development effort to find, and qualify, new projector technology. The goal of this development is to identify projectors that can maintain visual qualification standards for long term periods between certifications without lamp changes or major maintenance adjustments.

Several of the latest DLP projectors utilizing LED Light Sources have been installed and undergone long term testing on British Airways simulators. RSI and BA engineers will continue to test and monitor the performance of newly developed projector technology, and bring this technology to simulator training environments.

For more information see our full press release here.

The B747-400 FFS will undergo a complete visual system upgrade consisting of an Optical Display System horizontal field-of-view expansion from 150° to 180°, which includes a new Back Projection Screen surface, and the Raster/XT IG with new Digital Projectors.

Both systems will benefit from RSI\’s library of \”Level D\” airport models, and will consist of RSI\’s complete \”non-proprietary\” hardware configuration.

“Selecting RSI will allow the team of Sabre Updates and Kalitta Air to immediately start saving on energy and maintenance costs, and provides them with an upgrade path to easily and rapidly take advantage of future advances in technology,” commented Michael Freeman, Director of Business Development for RSI. “They will see a positive impact to their bottom line very quickly, as well as over the long term,” added Freeman.

In addition to the Optical Display System, RSI will be delivering is latest high fidelity FFS Image Generator – RASTER XT/4. Opinicus is scheduled to be the launch customer for the RASTER XT/4 product line.

The B737-3/4/500 simulator will be fitted with a 3 channel RASTER/XT PC Image Generator and 3 LCoS Projectors, replacing the existing SPX IG & Calligraphic projectors. The existing optical system will be extended from 150 degrees to 180 degrees, and updated with to meet the latest SACAA FSTD Level D standards.

The B737-200 simulator will be fitted with a 3 channel RASTER/XT PC Image Generator and 4 of RSI’s VIPER Projector Monitors. The system upgrade will replace an aged SP1 Image Generator, driving XKD calligraphic monitors.

RSI will provide 3 custom built Level D Airport Databases and several additional Level D certified airports from RSI’s large airport library. All library airports are maintained to real-world data, with Geo-Specific Terrain Imagery, and provide accurately detailed environments for ground and flight training scenarios.