Low Cost Helicopter Training Simulator: A Software Case Study from the Brazilian Military Police

This work describes a computer based training system to assist the crew members to learn the ground school of helicopter AS350-B2, manufactured by HELIBRAS, a Brazilian helicopter company and widely used by the Armed Forces, Civil and Military Policies and by companies of executive transportation and load lifting. The training system consists of a 1:1 scale aircraft cabin simulator, a system software and a MS Flight Simulator interface. The project is in advanced phase of development and it already possesses positive declarations of interest from company training divisions and helicopter's operators. A case software used by Brazilian Military Police is presented.