Accel Flight Simulation

Accel Flight Simulation builds flight simulators and training devices in Tianjin, China. Its full name is ACCEL (Tianjin) Flight Simulation Co., Ltd. The company offers Western-designed simulation technology, with customization, manufacturing and support done in China.

Accel draws on the technology and intellectual property of Collins Aerospace. It uses this base to supply training equipment for aircrew and ground support staff. Its range covers full flight simulation, visual systems, avionics procedures trainers and a simulation architecture called CSF.

The main product is the Level D full flight simulator, built for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The company says its simulators meet FAA and CAAC Level D rules and ICAO 9625 Amendment 3. Customers choose from a range of customizable elements, and Accel builds the simulator to their configuration. Features include a wide standard field of view, an instructor station that customers can adapt, and lesson-planning tools. The simulators use many commercial off-the-shelf parts to keep upgrade and maintenance costs lower. They also use electric motion and control loading to cut power use.

The visual system uses the EP-8100 image generator with a 200 by 40 degree panoramic display. It is qualified for FAA, EASA and CAAC Level D training and comes with airport and terrain databases for China, Asia Pacific and the rest of the world.

The avionics procedures trainer is a lower cost device with a full-scale virtual cockpit. It supports crew transition, familiarization, differences training, crew resource management and avionics procedures.

Accel has reached several milestones. It says it qualified its first full flight simulator, and its first A320 full flight simulator passed CAAC Level D certification and went to Tianjin AST. A made-in-China A320neo simulator passed Level D certification, and a made-in-China 737 MAX simulator passed interim Level C certification. It won the visual system bid for a human-in-loop test platform for the ARJ21 series. It also provides support, spares and training for Collins Aerospace visual systems in China, and it has partnerships with CAUC and with Aviate Training Technologies in the UK.

Customer service runs around the clock with AOG support. The company offers localized spares and repairs, direct access to technical experts, and a support manager as the single contact for each customer.

Services

• Level D full flight simulators
• Visual systems
• Avionics procedures trainers
• CSF simulation architecture
• Simulator customization
• 24/7 AOG support
• Spares and repairs
• Collins visual system support