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Helicopter In-Flight Simulator EC 135 FHS

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The helicopter in-flight simulator Bo 105 ATTHeS, described in Chap. 8, was operated by DLR from 1982 to 1995. In 1993, it was decided to replace ATTHeS with a new airborne simulator. The definition, selection, and development of the new simulator, based on an EC 135 as the host vehicle, are described in detail in this chapter. Further on, some selected results from typical utilization programs are presented.

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Kaletka, J. (2017). Helicopter In-Flight Simulator EC 135 FHS. In: Hamel, P. (eds) In-Flight Simulators and Fly-by-Wire/Light Demonstrators. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53997-3_10

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