Thanks to digital technology, flight simulation these days offers an incredible level of detail that is greatly beneficiary to the efficiency of your training. The advantages in regards to cost, flexibility, safety and the environment are all to obvious. The simulation products by Diamond-Elite contain one more important element: They represent up to the smallest details the original cockpits they are meant to represent, because they are original cockpits!

The first and so far only DA42 FTD (Flight Training Device) located in the USA at Europe-American

The simulator with a real copy of a DA42 cockpit is manufactured by Diamond Simulation and completes Europe-American's entire fleet of Diamond Aircraft. The certification was an important step to offer a more flexible and effective training to the students.
The first DA42 Sim in the US!
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The Simulator can be used in the following Training Scenarios:

  • Instrument Rating (Airplane)
  • Commercial Pilot (Airplane)
  • Airline Transport Pilot (Airplane)
  • Instrument Proficiency Checks (IPC)

During the course of the Training the Student can log the following maximum Amount of hours towards the Rating or Certificate:

  • Instrument Training 20 hours
  • Commercial Pilot Training 50 hours
  • Airline Transport Pilot Training 25 hours

Parts of the Checkride towards an Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot Certificate und Airline Transport Pilot Certificate can be done in the Simulator as well; further reducing the cost of training.

Compared with the training in the actual airplane, using the Simulator reduces the cost significantly and increases the quality of the training at the same time.
Instructor Panel
Implementing a Flight Training Device into the flight instruction gives a lot of advantages to the customers. In this kind of environment a student trains much better then in just a generic one-size-fits-all cockpit.

He can master the basics and more importantly train for unusual and dangerous emergency situations. This leads to higher motivation and subsequently to better training results. In addition, as weather is no longer a factor and down time for maintenance is negligible, the training is much more flexible!
Lesson about to begin
For the foreseeable future, the oil price will dominate all aspects of the cost structure of flight schools. The TwinStar already dominates this segment: No other aircraft will perform a 165 Kts cruise speed with a consumption of only 10 Gals/Hr. Especially not an aircaraft with two engines!

As advanced the TwinStar Aircraft is, as advanced is the TwinStar Simulator by Diamond Simulation:

Whether it be Training for the PPL-IFR, CPL or ATPL or even Training for your CFI, the FSTD DA42 is certified as either a FNPT II or FTD Level 5, with exact simulation of flight control forces
Level 5 with Simulation of Control Forces
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