When shopping for a reasonably priced entry-level FAA approved Basic Aviation Training Device with full features and real-world navigation data and realism, look no further the TouchTrainer SD flight simulator. This little powerhouse is packed full of certified capability allowing you to gain experience, learn systems, and log time doing so. The SD is fully reconfigurable and upgradable to a more powerful simulation system as your needs and budget grows. A wonderful tool for the student pilot or cost-conscious aircraft owner
The TouchTrainer SD can host more than 45 individual aircraft packages with two touchscreens devoted to aircraft specific instrumentation and an out of the window view for taxiing, takeoff and landing. The TouchTrainer SD boasts a 45 degree wide visual system that is fast, smooth and detailed. The SD is very popular product for home and flight school use because of its versatility and low cost. No one else provides an FAA Approved desktop flight simulator with this much power at this price.
The TouchTrainer SD is an affordable high performance, FAA approved BATD desk based flight simulator complete with all software and physical controls, screens, computer, desk, and assembly tools that is a true turnkey system for your home, hangar or flight school. With 24” and 10” touch screens for instrumentation and out of the window view, you can focus on avionics and fly instrument procedures to minimums, and look up and land or go missed. The 24” touch screen is shared between the out of the window view and instrumentation. Instrumentation can be hidden in an instant for takeoff, landing and ground operations.The TouchTrainer SD is the perfect tool learn instrument procedures, aircraft systems, normal and emergency procedures to keep you confident and safe as a pilot.
The TouchTrainer SD can host more than 45 individual aircraft, avionics, autopilot and systems combinations for Beech, Cirrus, Cessna and Diamond aircraft. This means performance, procedures and proficiency learned in the TouchTrainer is directly transferrable to the aircraft. With the TouchTrainer there is no such thing as generic aircraft simulation or performance.
Download Cockpit DatasheetIt takes seconds to switch a TouchTrainers control system, aircraft and avionics. Practice flying a joystick controlled aircraft like a Cirrus and then quickly change to a yoke type aircraft like a Cessna. Yokes and throttles can both easily swap for rapid reconfiguration, making your TouchTrainer SD an incredibly versatile avionics simulation device
Learn MoreEnables logging of private and instrument training as well as instrument currency. But its use is not restricted to these items, the TouchTrainer can be used to hone normal and emergency procedures, your knowledge of your aircraft. Fly with live air traffic control from PilotEdge and practice using your Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) as you would in the aircraft.
Learn MoreThe FTS TouchTrainer SD gives you instrumentation, PFD, MFD and avionics simulations ready to enter flight plans and fly approaches including missed approaches by hand, flight director or fully coupled. Our custom autopilots enable you to use the same button selections and sequences found in your aircraft. The secret of instrument flying is to be ready for what is going to happen next. Use the TouchTrainer to master your avionics and anticipate the future.
Watch VideoThe FlyThisSim TouchTrainer SD is a great starter simulator packed with enough power to get you going and comfortable with your aircraft. When you are ready to upgrade to more power, a better visual system, and more simulation capability, your TouchTrainer SD is easily upgraded. Evolve the SD into a TouchTrainer SD to add an affordable visual system or max out the SDs capability by upgrading to our modular TouchTrainer Visual Motion 100 degree massive visual flight simulator, all without breaking the bank.
Check Upgrades Talk to FTSThe FTS TouchTrainer SD flight simulator displays the out of the window view and simulator instrumentation a large HD 24” touchscreen. The instrumentation can be hidden with a quick touch of the screen enabling a larger outside view for ground operations. Instrumentation can be brought back just as easily.
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Connect to your FlyThisSim TouchTrainer with your EFB loaded on your iPad. Once your iPad is connected to our TouchTrainer, the simulator starts to feed real time data on movement and location to your ForeFlight application. Real-time weather, simulator correlation, providing real world training using the tools you fly with.
Learn MoreFlyThisSim TouchTrainers run on our native SimAVIO simulation framework software and utilizes X-Plane's simulation engine for the visual system, flight and engine model. X-Plane provides one of the most realistic simulation foundations available. It offers an endless amount of upgradable features and add-ons. FlyThisSim provides continual support in finding and installing these add-ons making your TouchTrainer much more enticing to fly.
Learn More45 degrees of visual desktop, the SD display system provides a sleek, smooth and fast constant horizon visual scene to provide an almost real look at the outside world while you use your TouchTrainer SD simulator. Try a TouchTrainer with SD display in a darkened room and you will feel like you are inside your actual aircraft.
The TouchTrainer SD is powered by our capable FTS Green simulation computer. This machine has multiple high performance GPUs, a lightning fast processor, and the latest data bus interface to assure a realistically smooth simulation.
The FTS designed TouchTrainer SD assembles to become a high quality stable simulator with table and TouchTrainer Base, which ensures a modern, refined, integrated look and feel.
Touchscreen Instructor Operations System (TIOS) is an on-board or remote simulator control system enabling user monitoring and simulation control for all TouchTrainers. The TIOS is available as an integral part of the TouchTrainer, residing on a secondary touch monitor instructor station or as an Extended TIOS running on a separate tablet wirelessly connected to the simulator.
All FTS flight simulators are approved by the FAA. This allows pilots and student pilots to log hours during flight training or to maintain instrument currency.
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