DESIGN PRINCIPLE
One of our long-standing business partners in multiple activities is the innovative Pipistrel Aircraft group. After we had completed our initial learning period in building the MiG-21bis simulator, we realised the training potential of VR for initial training. On this basis we had envisioned a market for Pipistrel simulators in the role of basic training. We had developed the prototype simulator in cooperation with Pipistrel. Because of our partnership and trust between Pipistrel and AFormX we were able to feed a lot of existing engineering data into a quick development of the product. The simulator is named X-ALPHA. Initially it was a simulator for two Pipistrel aircraft – the Pipistrel ALPHA Trainer and Pipistrel ALPHA Electro. Since it can simulate both – it is a cross, a fusion, therefore named X-ALPHA. This concept that the VR world and hardware world can diverge to create multiple aircraft models in a similar physical environment was the first of our several unique concepts in our VR simulators design.