Built for pilots and maintenance engineers learning the A320 Family. Train with an interactive walkaround simulator to identify key exterior items, understand their function, and practise a consistent flow.
Learn through guided training and confirm your knowledge with Exam mode. Ideal for initial familiarisation and refreshers, and designed to complement Airbus LMS and your operator training materials.
Variant coverage: realistic A320 exterior simulation across CEO and NEO engine options listed above.
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 simulator 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. The interactive 3D real time environment will realistically improve the training by turning pilots and aircraft engineers from passive into active observers. The A320 SGP - Walk Around Simulator software provides excellent supplemental reference during ground school training. Used by several airlines, ATOs and MROs worldwide, this is a popular and effective pilot training aid. The main goal of the A320 SGP software is to improve the user’s education quality and qualifications by having a better knowledge of the aircraft’s exterior, as well as the walk around procedure, allowing an easy and objective familiarization with the exterior of the aircraft. Studying an airplane has never been so easy and entertaining as before! The A320 SGP englobes the Airbus A320 CBT (Computer Based Training) approaching all the major aircraft systems, including all the exterior and cockpit locations, components, operations, controls, and indications involved with each system.
User support (aids) – arrow and target
In this simulator you can naturally interact with the aircraft in a tridimensional environment and perform the walk around in an easy and efficient way, showing all the stations of the official path with all the items to check. The A320 Walk Around preflight simulator avoids unnecessary immobilization of an actual aircraft, which can be costly and difficult. Airlines, ATOs and MROs can thus enjoy large financial and logistics benefits right away with more flexibility in training schedules. The Walk Around Simulator includes the Aircraft’s Exterior Guide. It allows a better user interaction with the walk around performance and external knowledge of the aircraft, so the user can perform the walk around and study the aircraft at the same time.
The Walk Around Simulator is divided into two modes:
1- Training:has user support (aids) - this mode is suitable for people with little to no experience. There are aids (arrow and target) that guide the user in an initial phase, to make it easier to perceive the location of the items that the checklist determines to be inspected. In this mode, it is impossible to miss the checklist order. In each checklist item, there is an “Inspection Hint” to guide the users how to inspect that specific component that the checklist determines to be inspected. There are “curiosity buttons” (red buttons) like the Aircraft’s Exterior Guide linked to a CBT, located near the items to inspect. This feature can be deactivated.
Checklist aid – black box with the explanation (click on the image to expand it)
Exam mode - with no checklist aid
2 - Exam: has no user support - this mode is suitable for experienced users. Tests the user’s external knowledge and the walk around performance. It is possible to miss the checklist order and an error will appear if it happens. At the end, if the result is equal or above 75%, a certificate can be emitted. The certificate can be used for an airline or MRO to ensure that all the aircraft engineers that perform the walk around on the A320 family are fully qualified to do it.
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Step into a Super Realistic Environment: Immerse yourself in a super realistic VR environment. Our VR technology allows users to practice the walk around procedure with an unprecedented level of realism. Learn and Practice Like Never Before: With VR, users don't just learn about the walk around procedures; they actively practice and refine their skills in a dynamic and interactive virtual space. This hands-on approach accelerates the learning curve, ensuring that aircraft engineers develop the muscle memory needed to perform tasks with precision and confidence. Note: image quality presented may not faithfully represent the true simulator experience, as these visuals are captured in 2D rather than the immersive 3D environment directly observed through VR goggles.
VR offers cost-effective, experiential training, simulating the experience of a high-end simulator. It is a fantastic opportunity to significantly enhance the quality of training while making it more accessible and affordable. Many organizations have already improved their training programs through the use of VR. Studies shown that VR training boosts learning effectiveness by 76% and allows pilots and aircraft engineers to complete training five times faster than traditional classroom methods.
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.
The Aircraft’s Exterior Guide features blue buttons that, when pressed, open the 360 degrees interior view corresponding to their respective locations. The image on the right shows three different buttons accessible through the Aircraft’s Exterior Guide:
Different buttons accessible through the Aircraft’s Exterior Guide
The 360 Interior Guide enhances the understanding of the aircraft exterior, bridging the gap between the aircraft's exterior and its interior for a more immersive experience. This mode will allow to have 360 degree access to several places of the A320 (CEO, NEO, LR, etc.), such as:
The 360 Interior Guide brings the aircraft to the classroom in several different maintenance levels (such as A-checks and C-checks). There is no other software on the market with this level of immersivity.
360 Interior Guide example - Aft avionics bay
Aft cargo hold (without lateral panels)
Each 360 Interior Guide has several blue buttons that when pressed, open a high-resolution image showing that specific spot (where the button is located). The high-resolution images have info buttons (white buttons). When the mouse is over those buttons, a subtitle appears describing the component. The Aircraft’s Exterior Guide features green buttons that, when pressed, open the 360 degrees interior view corresponding to their respective locations.
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, 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 PW1100G engine. With the engine cowls off, when pressed on the “Low Pressure Turbine Section” red button (left image) the Turbine Section CBT page related to that engine opens (right image).
PW1100G engine without cowls – curiosity buttons
CBT page example (PW1100G Turbine 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 an excellent 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.
Choose the option that fits your use case: organizational licensing for training departments, or an individual licence for self-study.
