FDM/FOQA Product Suite. Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety

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1 FDM/FOQA Product Suite Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety

2 Turn-Key Solutions for Lightweight Flight Data Monitoring When you need a flight data monitoring (FDM) solution that s powerful, simple to understand and easy to implement, there s really only one choice: ALERTS from Appareo. Designed to bring FDM to a wide variety of aircraft and fleets of any size, ALERTS pairs innovative, lightweight recording hardware with flexible, intuitive software that delivers amazing insight into how your fleet is operating. Don t wait any longer to take your first step toward a safer fleet - contact Appareo today to find out how ALERTS can help you take your operation to the next level. How Does ALERTS Work? Simple. Why Monitor Flight Data? Major accidents are typically preceded by many reportable incidents and undetected errors. A comprehensive FDM program makes it possible to identify and remedy those areas of concern before an accident occurs. FDM programs also give operators powerful tools for improving pilot training and operational efficiency. What is ALERTS? ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) delivers a complete solution utilizing a lightweight, low-cost FDM Device and FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance) software for collecting and analyzing flight data. Designed for light and legacy aircraft, ALERTS allows operators to proactively identify operational risks to improve flight safety. What Sets ALERTS Ahead of the Rest? ALERTS is the most affordable FDM/FOQA solution in the industry. ALERTS is designed for easy installation on light and legacy aircraft. ALERTS hardware is small, lightweight and affordable. ALERTS works equally well with fixed or rotor wing aircraft. ALERTS software is powerful, flexible and easy to use. ALERTS hardware has crash-hardened memory. What are the Benefits of FDM with ALERTS? The ALERTS FDM solution provides you with the information needed to enhance your operational safety and improve your bottom line. Increased operational safety ALERTS aids in proactive risk reduction. Fewer operational exceedences leads to fewer incidents and accidents. Trend analysis ALERTS constantly monitors your fleet and helps you identify problematic trends. With this data, you can better train flight crews to avoid potentially dangerous situations. Provides insight while investigating incidents Quickly validate or invalidate customer concerns or incidents with a robust audit trail of your aircraft. In the case of a significant event, a comprehensive data trail is maintained on the crash hardened memory. Low deployment costs Quick to install and simple to deploy, ALERTS provides a turn-key solution that quickly expands operational oversight. Improved pilot performance Use ALERTS to train your flight crews in the most efficient practices and to better understand challenging maneuvers. Data Collection SD Card Transfer flight data from the SD card to a central location. FOQA/FDM Workflow Flight Training / Incident Investigation Workflow Audio and Image Playback Immediately view synchronized image, audio and 3D flight playback. 3D Playback Hosted Anaylsis Automated Eventing Parse, analyze and sort flight data. Event Dashboard Reports Flight Visualization Event Analysis Access and visualize flight data.

3 . ALERTS Hardware low cost, lightweight FDM Equipment Vision 1000 Imagery, audio and inertial data Jointly developed by Appareo Systems and Eurocopter, the ALERTS Vision 1000 is a powerful tool for capturing and managing flight data. The Vision 1000 is standard equipment on all new AS350 helicopters and works equally well on nearly any type of aircraft, fixed or rotorwing. The Vision 1000 is a cockpit imaging and flight data monitoring device wrapped into one. The system captures critical inertial and positioning data (i.e location, attitude, etc.) as well as cockpit imagery (instrument panel, flight controls, partial exterior view) and audio (ambient and optional intercom system). The flight data, imagery and audio are stored on a crash-hardened memory module as well as a removable SD HC card for use in FDM/ FOQA programs. The Vision 1000 offers a low cost, lightweight solution for collecting and analyzing flight data. Because of its small size and ease of mounting, the Vision 1000 is a perfect FDM/FOQA solution for any type of aircraft or operator. Vision 1000 mounted in a Eurocopter AS350 Vision 1000 Recorded Parameters Parameter Unit Rate Resolution Accuracy Latitude degrees 4 Hz 1x10-7 deg 2.5 m CEP 2σ Longitude degrees 4 Hz 1x10-7 deg 2.5 m CEP 2σ Altitude (GPS) meters 4 Hz 1 mm 5m SEP 2σ Ground Speed* knots 4 Hz * < 5 knots ** Vertical Speed* feet/minute 4 Hz * < 50 ft/min ** Heading* degrees 4 Hz * < 2 deg 1σ Pitch Altitude* degrees 4 Hz * < 1.5 deg 1σ Roll Attitude* degrees 4 Hz * < 1.5 deg 1σ Pitch Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec.1 deg/sec/sqrt(hz) Roll Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec.1 deg/sec/sqrt(hz) Yaw Rate deg/second 4 Hz 0.01 deg/sec.1 deg/sec/sqrt(hz) Normal Acc. g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ Longitudinal Acc. g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ Lateral Acc. (slip) g forces 4 Hz 0.9 ug 10 mg 2σ Audiovisual Specifications Image Resolution 2 4 Hz Image Frame Rate 4 Hz Audio Frequency Range 50 Hz - 15 khz Vision 1000 General Specifications Input Supply Voltage VDC Input Supply Current 100 ma Weight 8.8 oz Dimensions 4.02 x 2.08 x 2.48 Roll and Pitch Accuracy < 1.5 RMS Yaw Accuracy < 2.0 RMS GPS Accuracy 2.5 m CEP, 5.0 m SEP Operating Temperature -40 C to + 70 C GPS Specifications GPS Receiver Type L1 Frequency, C/A Code, 16 Channels GPS Update Rate 4 Hz GPS TTFF* 2 min Signal Reacquisition < 1 s GPS Dynamics 4 g Antenna Frequency MHz ± 2MHz Polarization RHCP Antenna Dimensions 1.9 X 2.3 X 0.6 MEMS Rate Gyroscopes Sense Axis X, Y, Z Dynamic Range 300 /s Sample Rate 64 Hz MEMS Accelerometers Sense Axis X, Y, Z Quad Redundant Range ±10 g and ±1.7 g Resolution 5 mg Sample Rate 64 Hz Removable Flash Memory Storage Capacity 16 GB Storage Time 4 hours image/audio, 200+ hours inertial Card Type SD HC On Board Flash Memory Storage Capacity 8 GB Storage Time 2 hours image/audio, 200+ hours inertial ALERTS Installations 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. Aero Commander AgustaWestland AW109 AgustaWestland AW119 AgustaWestland AW139 Airtractor AT-802 Ayers S2R-G10 Turbo Thrush Beechcraft 1900 Beechcraft King Air Bell 205 Bell 206 Bell 212 Bell 407 Bell 412 Bell 427 Bell TH-67 Bell UH-1H Huey Cessna 172 Cessna 206 Cessna 208 de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Diamond DA-40 Douglas DC-3 Eurocopter AS350 Eurocopter AS355 Eurocopter AS365 Eurocopter EC120 Eurocopter EC130 Eurocopter EC135 Eurocopter EC155 Fairchild C-26 Metro Grob G 120 Hughes 500 Learjet 31 Lockheed P-2 Neptune Lockheed P-3 Orion MBB BK-117 MD 902 Partenavia P-68 Piper Archer Piper Seminole Schweizer 300 Short Brothers C-23 Sherpa Sikorsky S-61 Sikorsky S-64 Sikorsky S-76 Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk *These parameters are derived as part of a post processing algorithm - resolution is limited by the double precision floating point calculation **Approximate engineering estimates

4 ALERTS Software Powerful FOQA/FDM analytics AS Flight Analysis Software Gain a Deeper Understanding of Your Flights Appareo s AS Flight Analysis Software is a cutting-edge application that allows aircraft operators to replay individual flights in a richly detailed 3D environment. Appareo s software renders true, accurate representations of the course and maneuvers executed during the recorded flight. In short, when viewing a flight in AS Flight Analysis Software, you ll see exactly what occured. AS Flight Anaylsis Software is a powerful tool for training and FOQA programs and is also useful to pilots 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. Vision 1000 Playback Utility High Resolution Image and Audio The Vision 1000 Playback Utility is designed to display the imagery and audio captured by the Appareo Vision 1000 flight data monitoring device. The Vision 1000 Playback Utility works alone or in concert with AS Flight Analysis Software to provide syncronized playback of flight imagery, audio and Appareo s 3D flight files. The Vision 1000 Playback Utility allows users to gain an impressive amount of insight into each reviewed flight with tools for image zoom, image and audio file export and real-time basic flight data display. AS Flight displays accurate flight information over detailed satellite imagery. The Appareo Playback Utility displays images and plays audio captured by the Vision AS Web Analyzer Your Fleet s Performance at Your Fingertips Appareo s AS Web Analyzer software forms the digital backbone of the ALERTS system, and can be suited to any aircraft operator s needs. AS Web Analyzer is a web-based application which allows you to manage the activities of your fleet from anywhere in the world at any time. AS Web Analyzer was designed so that you can easily customize guidelines to suit any kind of operation, with a combination of pre-defined pull-down options and user-defined inputs. Because the software is so easily configured, ALERTS can be used in widely varied applications, ranging from longline hauling to search and rescue operations. In addition, AS Web Analyzer allows you to generate reports that show exactly how your fleet is performing. These reports can be used to identify areas of concern, issue safety briefs and to monitor fleet performance to ensure ongoing safety improvements are made. ALERTS provides the hard, actionable data that you ve been missing, giving you proof that your safety efforts are making a difference. Appareo Transfer Utility Data Transfer - Simplified Upon inserting an SD card with ALERTS data into a computer running the Appareo Transfer Utility, the inertial flight data is automatically moved to Appareo s ALERTS servers for analysis by AS Web Analyzer. In addition to transferring flight data, the Appareo Transfer Utility also allows Vision 1000 users to store their flight imagery and audio locally for an in-depth review in the future. The Appareo Transfer Utility is compatible with all ALERTS hardware and allows data to be transferred from multiple locations with ease - an important feature for operations spread across a large geographical area. AS Web Analyzer automatically lists events for review and filters data for trend analysis. The Appareo Transfer Utility automates flight data transfer to Appareo s servers.

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