Video: Redbird’s VTO Helicopter Simulator

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Key Takeaways:

  • Helicopter simulators are rare due to the inherent difficulty in modeling complex flight dynamics, particularly the ability to hover.
  • Redbird has introduced a new VTO simulator that it claims successfully models these challenging helicopter flight dynamics, including hover.
  • The new VTO simulator was demonstrated by Redbird's Roger Sharp to AVweb at Sun 'n Fun.
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There’s a reason you don’t see many helicopter simulators. Helicopter flight dynamics are difficult to model, and modeling a simulation that can hover is a challenge. But with it’s new VTO simulator, Redbird says it has done just that. At Sun ‘n Fun, where Redbird introduced the VTO, the company’s Roger Sharp gave AVweb a demo.

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