Türkiye’s HAVELSAN Completes GÖKSİM Full Flight Simulator for GÖKBEY Helicopter

Türkiye – Ankara headquartered flight simulator manufacturer HAVELSAN has completed GÖKSİM, the indigenous Full Flight Simulator (FFS) developed for Türkiye’s national general-purpose helicopter GÖKBEY, delivering a 6-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion-based training system that will support pilot qualification and mission readiness with certified flight-hour credit.

• GÖKSİM is a 6-axis (hexapod) Full Flight Simulator replicating the GÖKBEY cockpit and flight characteristics with high-fidelity motion cues including turbulence, wind resistance, takeoff vibration and manoeuvre accelerations.
• The simulator was developed entirely with domestic resources, including:Core simulation software.Image generator and visual systems.Airport databases.3D visual modelling libraries.
• Core simulation software.
• Image generator and visual systems.
• Airport databases.
• 3D visual modelling libraries.
• The indigenous software architecture creates a reusable virtual environment library applicable to future national platforms such as KAAN, HÜRJET and ATAK-2.
• The simulator is positioned to support both domestic operators (Turkish Armed Forces, Gendarmerie) and international export customers of the GÖKBEY helicopter.

Source: HAVELSAN Photo Credit: Office of thePresidency of the Republic of Türkiye