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Demos Available in Leonardo VxR Simulator
With a small footprint, Leonardo's VR simulator takes up very little space
Leonardo VXR simulator
With a small footprint, Leonardo's VR simulator takes up very little space.

Leonardo brought its full-scale Virtual and Extended Reality Simulator (VxR) to Heli-Expo 2024 and is offering demonstration flights this week during the show. The VxR simulator, configured as an IFR AW119Kx, includes a motion base attached to the cockpit and an instructor station.

The simulator’s motion base is a six-degrees-of-freedom short-throw device, which is possible because it doesn’t need larger actuators to support a visual system dome. This also means that it occupies less space. By wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset, the trainee can interact with the simulator’s real controls, knobs, and buttons while seeing the outside view superimposed inside the headset.

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