SIMULATOR GUIDE · 1 OF 7
What Does This Air Data Simulator Teach?
START WITH THIS GUIDE: Learn the sensor → ADC → cockpit flow before experimenting.
AIRCRAFT AIR DATA SYSTEM SIMULATOR
INTERACTIVE AVIATION LEARNING LAB · EDUCATIONAL / NON-CERTIFIED
Indicated Airspeed
-- KT
Baro Altitude
-- FT
Mach
--
Vertical Speed
-- FPM
BEGINNER MODE

UNDERSTAND AIR DATA IN 4 SIMPLE STEPS

Sensors first, then live calculations, failures, and redundancy.

01

Understand the System

Pitot, Static and Temperature inputs flow into the ADC.

02

Change Flight Conditions

Change speed, altitude, V/S, temperature, wind and baro setting.

03

Create Sensor Failures

Block Pitot/Static, add icing, toggle Pitot Heat and create faults.

04

Compare Redundancy

Compare ADC 1, ADC 2 and Standby sources.

Recommended: System Map → TRACE AIRSPEED → Air Data Lab.
✈ OUTSIDE AIR / AIRCRAFT PITOT PROBETOTAL PRESSURE Pt STATIC PORTSTATIC PRESSURE Ps TEMP PROBEAIR TEMPERATURE AOA INPUTOPTIONAL CORRECTION AIR DATA COMPUTERCALCULATE • CORRECT • DISTRIBUTE PFD / COCKPITIAS • ALT • MACH • VSI OTHER AVIONICSFMS • GUIDANCE • USERS

TRACE DATA

Choose an output to highlight its sensor path.

LIVE AIR DATA LAB

Change the flight conditions and watch the sensors and cockpit data update.

✈
PITOT / TOTAL PRESSURE--
STATIC PRESSURE--
TEMPERATURE INPUT--

IAS / TAS / GROUND SPEED

IAS-style
TAS
Ground Speed

SIMPLIFIED COCKPIT PFD

— ✈ —
IASKT
ALTFT
MACH
V/S
TAS

AIR DATA COMPUTER — LIVE CALCULATION

Educational model: simplified atmosphere and sensor equations, not certification-grade algorithms.

SENSOR FAILURE LAB

Create failures and see which outputs are affected.

📡PITOT
NORMAL
●STATIC
NORMAL
🌡TEMP
NORMAL
♨PITOT HEAT
ON
🧠ADC
NORMAL
❄ICE
0%
Pitot ice accumulation
AIRSPEEDOK
ALTITUDEOK
VERTICAL SPEEDOK
MACH / TASOK

EVENT LOG

Note: failure behavior is conceptual and aircraft-specific procedures are not modeled.

ADC REDUNDANCY COMPARE

Create an ADC 1 fault and identify which sources agree.

ADC 1 · CAPTAIN

Airspeed
Altitude
Mach

ADC 2 · F/O

Airspeed
Altitude
Mach

STANDBY

Airspeed
Altitude
Mach
AIR DATA DISAGREE

WHICH SOURCES AGREE?

Create a fault first, then choose.
Concept: independent sources help identify an outlier when one air-data channel becomes unreliable.

MORE AIR DATA LEARNING TOOLS

Click a topic to expand it.

Educational only: simplified learning model.

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

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