GUIDE – instructor’s station

Each moment of training must be utilized effectively. There’s no time for errors from which knowledge won’t be gained. Previously, the main coordinator of training was the season and weather. They dictated whether training would take place. Obviously, in winter, skydiving jumps were very few, and the length of the day determined the possibility of practical training. With the designed instructional environment GUIDE, the PSVR-04 simulator, the GUARDA series recorders, and the GURU transmission module, you can increase the efficiency of training! Is the weather good? Has darkness fallen? Now, for theoretical and practical training on the ground, it ceases to be important because you can practice in VR simulation. And when the season starts, you can proceed to practical training and effectively verify progress in training on the fly. We are pleased to present the GUIDE instructor station, which has been designed to improve training efficiency. It allows for real-time supervision and control of PSVR-04 simulators, but also, through the GURU transmission system, real-time monitoring of the progress of actual flights.

Human factor during training, or what can lead to accidents.

In simulation training, what matters is how much you fly, not how long you wait for the flight. Every change in the simulation parameters takes time. Therefore, we designed our system to minimize this time loss. To achieve this, the GUIDE software features:

  • An intuitive instructor interface.
  • Dedicated scenarios for training tasks.
  • The ability to control multiple simulators simultaneously.
  • The ability to trigger emergency situations.
  • The ability to set the initial position in the simulation.
  • The ability to manage weather conditions for multiple simulators simultaneously.
  • The ability to change the wing loading of the parachute surface.

The instructor station is not only for real-time monitoring. We have equipped it with the same functions that allow you to read data from the GUARDA recorder. This means you no longer need to analyze flight data using separate software! Everything has been integrated to ensure that both real-time flight analysis and post-flight debriefing are efficient.

We are well aware that equipment costs money. If it is to be effective in training, it must be used. Keeping in mind that training in Poland is largely carried out by small centers, we have decided that our instructor station should be usable both during the ground training and during the flight training phase. The gap between theoretical knowledge acquired on the ground and practical knowledge gained in the air has been reduced! Instructors can consciously and effectively support students during tasks where it was previously impossible.

Group jumps and learning to fly in formation are some of the more challenging tasks associated with aerial navigation. With the GUIDE instructor environment, you can easily synchronize the operation of up to 10 simulators, set identical weather conditions, and load a dedicated mission plan carried out in any location on Earth. Once you’ve practiced missions in the simulator, thanks to the transmission module you’ll be able to apply the same knowledge while supervising the formation during real jumps.

In the simulator, jumps are always safe, with a clear purpose: to practice dangerous situations that may occur in real life under safe conditions, but also to learn how to perform flights safely. Our research has shown that even simple tasks for experienced skydivers, such as planning a pattern or developing altitude awareness, can be challenging for those who are just starting their training. Therefore, we have developed features such as virtual ‘landmarks’, that will help you determine key points of the route for the student, practice visual altitude estimation, and assist in pattern planning exercises

The current supervision of skydivers is difficult, and sometimes even impossible. It’s hard to see someone against the backdrop of the sky, especially when they may be several kilometers away. It’s even more challenging to determine exactly where the student is in the air and whether they will make it to the landing site, or not, based solely on what can be seen. Incorrect choice of landing spot in rough terrain has been the cause of many accidents. We wondered how we could assist the instructor in this situation to better support the student in making safe decisions. With this in mind, we developed a feature called range display. With it, you will know whether the planned landing point is reachable from the current altitude, and if not, you can assist the student in choosing a potential landing spot in advance using the built-in map. But that’s not all… You will also reduce the time needed to reach someone who has landed in rough terrain.

The detection of dangerous situations is the first necessary step to provide proper assistance. Having additional tools can be effective, but they must allow the instructor to react more quickly to dangers, while not overly engaging them in the data analysis process. One of the criteria for our system was whether we could detect irregularities more quickly and react to them. Therefore, we designed a dedicated system for warnings about critical situations in the air. Thanks to the experience of those involved in our work, we formulated functions allowing, among other things, automatic detection of:

Our instructor station collaborates with the other components of the PSSP-01 system. You can manage flights in Virtual Reality Simulators, analyze the flight you recorded with the GUARDA recorder, and continuously monitor flight progress using GUARDA-TE recorders and the transmission module.

We are aware that everyone has different needs, so we will compose a set of system elements suitable for your facility.

Are you thinking that the system is great, but why do we dedicate it only to skydivers and paragliders? Nothing could be further from the truth. We have used it for real-time monitoring of other flying objects, including monitoring selected pilots during the Paramotor Polish Championships in 2021, and currently, we are working with the Supercluster team on monitoring a stratospheric balloon mission. Are you considering alternative applications? Contact us, and we will try to help you. We offer customization upon request:

  • development of dedicated software and user interface
  • customization of the system to the needs of training centers
  • designing dedicated scenarios compatible with the training program
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