SOKOL™ Parachute Simulators
Independent of whether paratroopers, Special Forces or amphibian-troops are engaged in the air-drop mission, their success depends to a greater part on arriving at their target destination unhurt. Training with e.sigma SOKOLTM Parachute-Simulators provides the trainee choices of environments that address these and other requirements, such as training for severe weather situations and resolving parachute deployment malfunctions.
Using the Simulator, air-drop practices can be planned, exercised, reviewed and if required, repeated until the expected training-results are achieved. The simulation system serves as a tool to augment traditional training devices, such as wind-tunnels, jump-towers, suspension/ pendulum-rigs and real jumps.
The safe simulator environment allows the trainee to fully concentrate on honing his/her jumping skills without diverging thoughts of injury and dangers posed during inclement weather jumps, or critical operational problems with chute, its lines, or other auxiliary equipment. (Pro-Dytter, Cypress, Garmin 12 altimeters).
Well practiced routines, calmness and instinctive responses to danger, are often the key in life-saving situations. Even for pilots, operating an ejection seat equipped aircraft, a thorough escape and jump education is a must, especially since the timing of emergency situations is unpredictable, as are weather conditions.
Field of Deployment:
- Training of diverse groups of Parachute-jumpers (Paratroopers, Special Forces, Amphibian troops etc.)
- Acquiring safe and accurate chute-control skills
- Responses to malfunctions of chute-lines and auxiliary equipment
- Operation of support equipment (night vision, oxygen mask, navigation aids)
- Evasion maneuvers (objects, other jumper)
- Exercises under stressful circumstances
- Safer emergency evacuation jumps from aircrafts
- Safe landing in predetermined target-area
- Accurate evaluation of factors affecting the desired landing zone like wind and turbulence
System Benefits:
- Realistic canopy release and malfunction animations for bag lock, broken or twisted lines, horseshoe and more.
- Robust design with easy to assembly mobile configuration for field deployment
- Realistic horizontal free-fall position with vertical axis rotation simulation during free-fall phase
- Visual and force feedback reaction to malfunctions, canopy release, controlling the canopy, emergency actions, etc.
- Simulated electronic devices such as Pro-Dytter, Cypres, Garmin 12, altimeter, radio or compass.
- Realistic display of the physical environment, horizon and descent movement
- Real-time weather and special effects such as flares and tracers
- Photorealistic geo-specific visual database with typical environmental scenes such as desert, mountains, shorelines, dynamic ocean waves, etc.
- Real-time exercise control and interaction with preset and runtime chute malfunctions in stand-alone or networked multi simulator configurations
- Mobile Instructor Operator Station for mission control, mission creation and mission planning through an easy to use graphical user interface
- Integrated recoding and evaluation module
- Training can be interrupted at any time for briefing and debriefing purposes
- Individual and team training (Group Jumps / Networked Simulation)
