Facilities & Equipment
Facilities & Equipment
Students in Elizabeth City State University's Department of Aviation & Emergency Management take 30 credit hours in any aviation, avionics, air traffic control, flight, engineering technology, or unmanned aircraft systems courses gaining hands-on experience in the state-of-the-art aircraft, flight simulators, air traffic control Lab, avionics simulator, or unmanned aircraft.
ECSU has seven (7) Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine flight training aircraft. The two Cessna 172 aircraft have 4 place seating including pilot’s station and equipped with Garmin G1000 glass cockpit and five aircraft equipped with 6 pack with G-5, G430W upgrades, and all are ADSB-Compliant. Additional features include:
- Equipped and Certified for Day/Night IFR Flight
- Dual Nav/Comm (16 Watt)
- Dual IFR Enroute/Approach and WAAS Certified GPS
- Mode S Transponder
- Digital Audio Panel with Audio Playback
- Traffic Information System
- Terrain and Obstacle Mapping
- XM Satellite Weather and Radio
- Garmin GFC700 Fully Integrated Two Axis Autopilot
- ADSB - Compliant
One (1) Beech Duchess BE-76 (multi engine trainer with G-5, G530W, JPI engine monitoring upgrades, and ADSB-Compliant)
- One (1) SR-22
- One (1) Cessna-414GC
- One (1) Beech Sierra (Complex Trainer)
- One (1) Autogyro (Research Aircraft)
The flight simulator lab consists of: one FRASCA Flight Simulator, two REDBIRD full-motion Flight Simulators, one Redbird X-Wind, and two Desktop Flight Simulators. A brief description and features of these Flight Training Devices (FTDs) is as follows.
The FTD is based on the Cessna 172R, and a Beech Duchess (BE-76) multi engine, equipped with a 170 degree screen, three projector, and textured color visual.
The Cessna 172R/BE-76 and have Level 6 Digitally Recorded Cessna 172R/BE-76 flight data.
The FTDs have a full IFR avionics “stack” as would be found in the aircraft being simulated. The actual/simulated avionics are as noted below:
- 1 KMA 28 Audio/Intercom/Marker Beacon
- 1 KX 155A NAV/COM with Glide Slope
- 1 KX 155A NAV/COM without Glide slope
- 1 Garmin 430 GPS
- 1 MD41- 231 GPS/NAV Selector
- 1 KT 76C Mode C Transponder
The Instructor’s Station (ISO) allows the operator of the FTD to control and monitor the operation of the FTD and the progress of the training. The operator is able to control the IOS functions with a mouse and a keyboard. The ISO includes the following software modules, Graphical Control module, Lesson Plan module, Jeppesen database for the entire US, snapshot module, fault and control pages, record and play/back module, map module, ATIS module, NIFA scoring module and plotting module.
The visual system realistically portrays various weather conditions to include Day/Dusk/Night, clouds, (tops, bottoms, ground scud) etc. The visual system portrays various runway and approach lighting systems as selected from the IOS. The Image Generator utilizes high-resolution, raster-based technology to create the realistic, fully textured airport scenes. Special effects such as landing light lobes and conflicting traffic are also included.
The Redbird MCX is a superior-quality, full motion, feature-rich Advanced Aviation Training Device equipped with dual yoke, dual rudder that is geared towards CFI/CFII, Crew Resource Management (CRM) and two pilot cockpit training. With standard features that are anything but standard such as wraparound visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, quick-change configurations, scenario-based training compatibility and of course an electric motion platform, the MCX serves up a level of realism that is simply unavailable in other training devices on the market. Standard features include:
- Electric Motion Platform
- Dual yoke and rudder for simultaneous pilot and copilot control
- 2-axis premium control loading yoke
- Fully enclosed cockpit
- +200° wrap-around visuals
- User designed missions database
- Unique pilot key system
- Portable instructors panel software
- Quick-change cockpit configurations
- Single and multi-engine
- Traditional and glass cockpit
- Complete terrain and airport database
- Operates on a standard 15 amp outlet
- FAA approved AATD
The Redbird FMX is a superior-quality, full motion, feature-rich Advanced Aviation Training Device with features such as wrap-around visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, quick-change configurations, scenario-based training compatibility and of course an electric motion platform, the FMX serves up a level of realism that is simply unavailable in other training devices on the market.
The FMX is reconfigurable, versatile enough to be used for Single or Multiengine training and can represent glass panel aircraft as well as traditional 6-pack configurations.
The standard features include:
- Electric Motion Platform
- Fully enclosed cockpit
- +200° wrap-around visuals
- Ergonomically correct design
- User defined missions database
- Unique pilot key system
- Portable instructor’s panel software
- Quick-change cockpit configurations
- Single and Multi-engine
- Traditional and glass cockpit
- Complete terrain and airport database
- Operates on a standard 15 amp outlet
- FAA Certified AATD
- Single yoke
- Standard rudder pedals with differential brakes
- Throttle Quadrant - propeller and mixture as appropriate to aircraft being simulated
The Redbird TD is a table-mounted flight training device, designed with the ergonomics of flight in mind. Traditional “desktop” flight training devices sit on top of a table or desk, causing the pilot to reach up for the yoke and to look unrealistically high for the gauges. The TD’s unique mounting system allows it to be hung under the table, placing the yoke, switches, gauges and visuals in the correct and most realistic position for the pilot.
- Complete terrain and airport database
- Equipped with computer, monitor, instrument panel, keyboard and speakers
- Ergonomically correct design
- FAA approved BATD with optional rudder pedals
- Failure Hotkeys
Avionics Lab
- Radar Training System Features:
- Active, real-time radar system operating in a classroom laboratory
- Low power, safe operation
- Latest technology, e.g., microstrips, Surface Mounted Devices (SMD’s), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
- Pulsed, continuous wave (CW) Doppler, and frequency-modulated continuous wave (FM-CW) modes of operation
- A-scope display output
- Plan Position Indicator (PPI) display on a computer monitor (on-screen PPI display) with fixed-intensity, intensity-modulated, color-modulated, and color coded (weather radar) display modes
- Conventional PPI display capability (vector scan output)
- Moving Target Indication (MTI) processor for fixed target echo cancellation and clutter rejection
- Computer-based (i.e., on-screen) control of the radar's processing and display functions
- Computer-based control of the clutter generation for the study of the MTI processor functions
- High repeatability of hands-on manipulations ensured through computer-based control of the clutter generation and radar's key parameters
- On-screen block diagrams of the pulsed radar and radar processor/display subsystem with hardware related (real signal) test points
- Computer-based oscilloscope for time-domain observation and analysis of test point signals powerful, computer-based, data monitoring system for easy study of the first stage in the MTD processing (FFT Doppler filtering, thresholding, and alarm generation)