Pilot Training Panels
Solution
Lawson Modelmakers manufactured a set of six interactive animated “wall charts” that provided visual interactive depictions of:
- Fuel System
- Engine and Engine Controls
- Electrical System
- Flying Controls
- Landing Gear
- Environmental System
The Fuel System and Engine panels were interlinked so that an action on one panel showed the corresponding effect within both systems.
Conclusion
In practice these systems could have used desk top PC’s, however quite apart from the expense, these would not have given the trainee pilots the kind of hands-on feel that they got from using panels with full size operating controls. Overall, the panles were well accepted once they had been brought into service.