FDM/FOQA Product Suite Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety Why Monitor Flight Data? What are the Benefits of FDM with ALERTS? Major accidents are typically preceded by many reportable The ALERTS FDM solution provides you with the information needed incidents and undetected errors. A comprehensive FDM program to enhance your operational safety and improve your bottom line. makes it possible to identify and remedy those areas of concern before an accident occurs. • Increased operational safety FDM programs also give operators powerful tools for improving ALERTS aids in proactive risk reduction. Fewer operational Turn-Key Solutions for Lightweight Flight Data Monitoring pilot training and operational efficiency. exceedences leads to fewer incidents and accidents. When you need a flight data monitoring (FDM) solution that’s powerful, simple to What is ALERTS? • Trend analysis understand and easy to implement, there’s really only one choice: ALERTS from Appareo. ALERTS constantly monitors your fleet and helps you identify ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) problematic trends. With this data, you can better train flight crews to delivers a complete solution utilizing a lightweight, low-cost FDM avoid potentially dangerous situations. Designed to bring FDM to a wide variety of aircraft and fleets of any size, ALERTS pairs Device and FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance) software innovative, lightweight recording hardware with flexible, intuitive software that delivers for collecting and analyzing flight data. Designed for light and legacy • Provides insight while investigating incidents aircraft, ALERTS allows operators to proactively identify operational amazing insight into how your fleet is operating. risks to improve flight safety. Quickly validate or invalidate customer concerns or incidents with a robust audit trail of your aircraft. In the case of a Don’t wait any longer to take your first step toward a safer fleet - contact Appareo today to What Sets ALERTS Ahead of the Rest? significant event, a comprehensive data trail is maintained on the crash hardened memory. find out how ALERTS can help you take your operation to the next level. • ALERTS is the most affordable FDM/FOQA solution in the industry. • ALERTS is designed for easy installation on light and legacy aircraft. • Low deployment costs • ALERTS hardware is small, lightweight and affordable. Quick to install and simple to deploy, ALERTS provides a turn-key solution that quickly expands operational oversight. • ALERTS works equally well with fixed or rotor wing aircraft. • ALERTS software is powerful, flexible and easy to use. • Improved pilot performance • ALERTS hardware has crash-hardened memory. Use ALERTS to train your flight crews in the most efficient practices How Does ALERTS WorK? SImple. and to better understand challenging maneuvers. FOQA/FDM Workflow Event Dashboard Audio and Image Playback Reports SD Card 3D Playback Automated Eventing Event Analysis Flight Training / Incident Investigation Workflow Data Collection Data Hosted Anaylsis Immediately view synchronized image, audio and 3D flight playback. Parse, analyze and sort flight data. Access and visualize flight data. Transfer flight data from the SD card to a central location. Flight Visualization . ALERTS Hardware low cost, LIghtweIght FDM EquIpment Vision 1000 ALERTS Installations Imagery, audio and inertial data ALERTS hardware is versatile, flexible and is easily installed on nearly any aircraft. Need proof? Check out some of the aircraft with ALERTS hardware installed. Jointly developed by Appareo Systems and Eurocopter, the ALERTS Vision 1000 is a powerful tool for capturing and managing flight data. Audiovisual Specifications Aero Commander Cessna 172 Learjet 31 The Vision 1000 is standard equipment on all new AS350 helicopters AgustaWestland AW109 Cessna 206 Lockheed P-2 Neptune and works equally well on nearly any type of aircraft, fixed or rotor- Image Resolution 2 MP @ 4 Hz wing. Image Frame Rate 4 Hz AgustaWestland AW119 Cessna 208 Lockheed P-3 Orion Audio Frequency Range 50 Hz - 15 kHz AgustaWestland AW139 de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter MBB BK-117 The Vision 1000 is a cockpit imaging and flight data monitoring device Vision 1000 General Specifications Airtractor AT-802 Diamond DA-40 MD 902 wrapped into one. The system captures critical inertial and positioning Input Supply Voltage 14.0 - 32.0 VDC Ayers S2R-G10 Turbo Thrush Douglas DC-3 Partenavia P-68 data (i.e location, attitude, etc.) as well as cockpit imagery (instrument Input Supply Current 100 mA Beechcraft 1900 Eurocopter AS350 Piper Archer panel, flight controls, partial exterior view) and audio (ambient and Weight 8.8 oz optional intercom system). Beechcraft King Air Eurocopter AS355 Piper Seminole Dimensions 4.02” x 2.08” x 2.48” Bell 205 Eurocopter AS365 Schweizer 300 The flight data, imagery and audio are stored on a crash-hardened Roll and Pitch Accuracy < 1.5° RMS Bell 206 Eurocopter EC120 Short Brothers C-23 Sherpa memory module as well as a removable SD HC card for use in FDM/ Yaw Accuracy < 2.0° RMS FOQA programs. The Vision 1000 offers a low cost, lightweight GPS Accuracy 2.5 m CEP, 5.0 m SEP Bell 212 Eurocopter EC130 Sikorsky S-61 solution for collecting and analyzing flight data. Operating Temperature -40°C to + 70°C Bell 407 Eurocopter EC135 Sikorsky S-64 GPS Specifications Bell 412 Eurocopter EC155 Sikorsky S-76 Because of its small size and ease of mounting, the Vision 1000 is a GPS Receiver Type L1 Frequency, C/A Code, 16 Channels Bell 427 Fairchild C-26 Metro Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk perfect FDM/FOQA solution for any type of aircraft or operator. GPS Update Rate 4 Hz Bell TH-67 Grob G 120 GPS TTFF* 2 min Bell UH-1H Huey Hughes 500 Signal Reacquisition < 1 s GPS Dynamics ≤ 4 g Antenna Frequency 1575.42MHz ± 2MHz Polarization RHCP Antenna Dimensions 1.9” X 2.3” X 0.6” Vision 1000 Recorded Parameters MEMS Rate Gyroscopes Parameter Unit Rate Resolution Accuracy Sense Axis X, Y, Z Dynamic Range 300°/s Latitude degrees 4 Hz 1x10-7 deg 2.5 m CEP 2σ Sample Rate 64 Hz Longitude degrees 4 Hz 1x10-7 deg 2.5 m CEP 2σ Altitude (GPS) meters 4 Hz 1 mm 5m SEP 2σ MEMS Accelerometers Ground Speed* knots 4 Hz * < 5 knots ** Sense Axis X, Y, Z Quad Redundant Vertical Speed* feet/minute 4 Hz * < 50 ft/min ** Range ±10 g and ±1.7 g Heading* degrees 4 Hz * < 2 deg 1σ Resolution 5 mg Pitch Altitude* degrees 4 Hz * < 1.5 deg 1σ Sample Rate 64 Hz Roll Attitude* degrees 4 Hz * < 1.5 deg 1σ Removable Flash Memory Pitch Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec .1 deg/sec/sqrt(Hz) Storage Capacity 16 GB Roll Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec .1 deg/sec/sqrt(Hz) Storage Time 4 hours image/audio, 200+ hours inertial Yaw Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec .1 deg/sec/sqrt(Hz) Card Type SD HC Normal Acc. g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ On Board Flash Memory Longitudinal Acc. g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ Storage Capacity 8 GB Vision 1000 mounted in a Eurocopter AS350 Lateral Acc. (slip) g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ Storage Time 2 hours image/audio, 200+ hours inertial *These parameters are derived as part of a post processing algorithm - resolution is limited by the double precision floating point calculation **Approximate engineering estimates ALERTS Software Powerful FOQA/FDM analytIcs . AS Flight Analysis Software Vision 1000 Playback Utility Gain a Deeper Understanding of Your Flights High Resolution Image and Audio Appareo’s AS Flight Analysis Software is a cutting-edge application that allows aircraft operators to The Vision 1000 Playback Utility is designed to display the imagery and audio captured by the Appareo Vision replay individual flights in a richly detailed 3D environment. Appareo’s software renders true, accurate 1000 flight data monitoring device. The Vision 1000 Playback Utility works alone or in concert with AS Flight representations of the course and maneuvers executed during the recorded flight. In short, when viewing Analysis Software to provide syncronized playback of flight imagery, audio and Appareo’s 3D flight files. a flight in AS Flight Analysis Software, you’ll see exactly what occured. The Vision 1000 Playback Utility allows users to gain an impressive amount of insight into each reviewed flight AS Flight Anaylsis Software is a powerful tool for training and FOQA programs and is also useful to pilots with tools for image zoom, image and audio file export and real-time basic flight data display. of all experience levels looking to improve their performance. AS Flight Analysis Software is in use around the world, giving valuable visual and statistical feedback to pilots, university students, general aviation enthusiasts and military aviators. While AS Flight Analysis Software is designed specifically for use with Appareo designed hardware, it is also compatible with many commercially available GPS receivers. AS Flight Analysis Software runs on most current Windows laptop and desktop computers, and requires an internet connection to download the appropriate satellite imagery, terrain information and FAA data. AS Flight displays accurate flight information over detailed satellite imagery. The Appareo Playback Utility displays images and plays audio captured by the Vision 1000. AS Web Analyzer Appareo Transfer Utility Your Fleet’s Performance at Your Fingertips Data Transfer - Simplified Appareo’s AS Web Analyzer software forms the digital backbone of the ALERTS system, and can be Upon inserting an SD card with ALERTS data into a computer running the Appareo Transfer Utility, the inertial suited to any aircraft operator’s needs. AS Web Analyzer is a web-based application which allows you flight data is automatically moved to Appareo’s ALERTS servers for analysis by AS Web Analyzer.