The A320 Study Guide Pro (SGP) - Aircraft's Exterior Guide is a reference guide for any professional who operates or is about to start operating the A320 family, looking to familiarize with the locations and functionalities of all the A320 exterior components. The SGP is the best complement of Airbus LMS software.
The A320 SGP - Aircraft's Exterior Guide includes:
The A320 SGP - Aircraft's Exterior Guide includes: realistically simulates an A320 aircraft with four engine types:
On the Aircraft’s Exterior Guide you can naturally interact with the aircraft but cannot perform the walk around. This mode is only used to study the aircraft systems (CBT) and components, therefore it is ideal to be used only to learn the aircraft externals or for educational use in the classroom (ATOs). The software contains a CBT of the aircraft, with summary information of the exterior components of the aircraft. There are “curiosity buttons” (red buttons) distributed around the aircraft next to components, probes, doors, etc. By clicking on them, a page will open with the explanation of the function of that specific equipment. Studying an airplane has never been so easy and entertaining as before!
Aircraft's Exterior Guide with “curiosity buttons” (red buttons)
The A320 SGP englobes the Airbus A320 CBT (Computer Based Training) approaching all the major aircraft systems, including all the exterior locations, components, operations, controls, and indications involved with each system.
Contains a CBT of the aircraft, with summary information of the exterior components of the aircraft. There are “curiosity buttons” (red buttons) distributed around the aircraft next to components, probes, doors, etc. By clicking on them, a page will open with the explanation of the function of that specific equipment.
In conventional CBT (like Airbus LMS), pilots and aircraft engineers study the external configuration of the aircraft, but this external training is not continuous: only some characteristics of the exterior of the aircraft are shown during the study of a specific system. For example, if you have any questions about a certain component of the aircraft's exterior, you can easily use the simulator and go to that specific location and press a curiosity button. By pressing it, a page will open where the function of that component is described, rather than having to search the various systems through all the aircraft manuals until you find the item you are looking for.
- General - Cockpit - Fuselage - Cargo compartments
Air conditioning:
- General - Air conditioning Pack - Fuselage - Zone temperature regulation
- General- Lavatory and Galleys- Avionics compartment- Cargo compartments
Ventilation:
- General
Pressurization :
- General - Power unit - APU systems
- General - Controls and indicating
- Passenger doors - Emergency doors - Cargo doors - Miscellaneous doors
- General- AC normal generation - AC emergency generation - Inverters- DC normal generation
- Cockpit crew oxygen system - Cabin oxygen system - Portable oxygen system
- General - Engine fire protection - APU fire protection - Others fire protection
- General- Control (pitch, roll and yaw) - High lift (flaps and slats)
- General- Tanks - APU feed - Pumps
- Slats and engines - Rain removal - Ice detection - Probes, windows and masts
- General- Main landing gear - Nose landing gear
- Cockpit lights - Emergency lighting - Exterior lights - Signs
- ADIRS - Landing and taxiing aids - Independent position system - Dependent position system
- General - Compressor module - Combustion section - Turbine section- Gearbox- Engine systems
- General - Engine bleed - APU bleed - Ground
- FDR - CVR
- General - System description - Pumps
- General - Lavatory and galleys - Avionics compartment - Cargo compartments
- Description
- General - Internal communications - External communications
The CBT covers the following aircraft systems:
- Aircraft general- Cockpit - Fuselage - Cargo compartments
Pressurization:
Ventilatio:
- Passenger doors - Emergency doors - Cargo doors- Miscellaneous doors
- General - AC normal generation - AC emergency generation - Inverters- DC normal generation
- Cockpit crew oxygen system - Cabin oxygen system - AC emergency generation - Portable oxygen system
- General - Control (pitch, roll and yaw) - High lift (flaps and slats)
- General - Tanks - APU feed- Pumps
- General - Main landing gear - Nose landing gear
- Cockpit lights - Emergency lighting - Exterior lights- Signs
- General - Compressor module - Combustion section - Turbine section- Gearbox - Engine systems
- General - Engine bleed - Combustion section - Ground
- General - System description- Pumps
- General - Lavatory and galleys - Avionics compartment- Cargo compartments
CBT pages examples
The example below shows the red button interaction of the LEAP 1-A engine. With the engine cowls off, when pressed on the “Combustion Section” red button (left image) the Combustion Section CBT page related to that engine opens (right image).
Engine without cowls – curiosity buttons
CBT page example (LEAP 1-A Combustion Section)
The A320 SGP is designed for airlines, ATOs, MROs and self-learning pilots and aircraft engineers that operate or are about to start operating the A320 family.
This software can be used:
How difficult is it to have a real A320 in the classroom? The A320 SGP avoids unnecessary immobilization of an actual aircraft. Teaching and studying an airplane has never been so easy and entertaining as before! Forget the traditional teaching methods and the google search about a specific aircraft’s exterior spot in the middle of the class.
Traditional teaching methods
Improved teaching methods
The teacher can show the aircraft exterior and all of its components location to their students in a tridimensional real time environment on the classroom, as well as its explanation (CBT), involving the students in a way that no video or PDF can. The ideal teaching method using the The A320 SGP is in a classroom where all students can have their own computer with our software installed, as they all can follow the teacher's rhythm, hence being involved in the best possible way.
On most type-ratings, the majority of studies are focused on the cockpit and procedures, and there is no focus training on the external aircraft and how to perform the walk around. With the Aircraft's Exterior Guide, it is possible to have an excellent knowledge of the outside of the aircraft. The SGP is the best complement of Airbus LMS software. At the end of the type-rating, students will have a better overall knowledge of the A320.
The Walk Around Simulator and the Aircraft's Exterior Guide are the best complement for line-training: if you already have a good technical knowledge about the aircraft’s exterior, you will be always one step ahead compared with other students. Due to the prior training with the A320 SGP, you will feel very comfortable at the first time outside of the aircraft. This software is suitable for people with little to no experience, allowing an easy and objective familiarization with the exterior of the aircraft improving your education quality and qualifications by having a better knowledge of the aircraft’s exterior, as well as the walk around procedure.
