Train Simulator Finland

[Fritzi Vanderweel]

Thetraining centre will have two large and three medium-sized full mission navigational bridges with 360 visualisation. They include digital chart tables and a separate bridge wing console operated in virtual reality. For technical training, the centre will have two engineroom simulators implemented with two fully loaded control rooms. The simulators come with touchscreen technology, making it easy to swap between any of the engineroom models.

The Wrtsil simulator system will be one of the largest and most advanced in Europe and in addition to the various system features, there will be several instructor and debriefing rooms capable of working with any part of the simulator. It includes a dedicated command centre for vessel traffic service, oil spill response, search and rescue, terminal cargo office and more training applications.

This mindset has clearly resonated in all corners of the industry. Since its foundation in 2011, Coptersafety has secured contracts with major players in all sectors and is now one of the fastest growing training providers globally.

Placing the gym in the sim hall reinforces its importance as part of the working environment, and encourages students to treat their physical preparation with the same attention as they do their flying. Each newly type-qualified pilot leaves Coptersafety with an app detailing various exercise regimes that can be done in the typical helicopter operating environment, or even in the aircraft.

Currently installed modules include an H145 with Helionix Step 2 avionics (the first simulator in the world to be so equipped), as well as an AW139 with Phase 7 avionics, most of which are common components with the aircraft rather than emulations.

These modules incorporate direct projection from a Rockwell Collins EP-8100 image generation system, which delivers a 24080-degree field of view, 4k resolution image through 11 Barco projectors that can simultaneously project a visible and night vision imaging system (NVIS)-compatible image, bringing

the maximum training fidelity.

This system allows Coptersafety to offer a completely bespoke scenery and scenario generation service that is once again

carried out in-house by a Coptersafety team. Visual modelling expert Markus Vuorinen demonstrated the scenery generation system, in which the generic world map was overlaid first with a custom geographic mesh that included accurate ground features such as water features and woodland. After that, custom 3D-modelled buildings and objects are added, bringing even greater fidelity to areas such as landing sites and airfields.

This was demonstrated later when accompanying a crew in the H145 simulator who were training to operate from a specific landing site that has vertical obstructions in the immediate vicinity. Careful consideration, planning and briefing were clearly necessary to ensure a safe approach or departure.

That said, Coptersafety has already proven willing to approach old problems with new ideas, embracing the cultural shift required to advance its own philosophies of integration and individualization of its product.

US company GSE Systems Inc has been awarded a contract by Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to upgrade the training simulators for units 1 and 2 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.

Simulators are a vital piece of equipment for training plant operators, both at the start of their careers and for their continuing training. They replicate control room panels and help train students in reactor operations under normal conditions and in emergency situations.

The latest contract - the value of which was not disclosed - will be fulfilled in two stages between now and August 2025. It will include an upgrade to the plant containment building model with a new JTopmeret-based model for the OL1 and OL2 training simulators, as well as a replacement of the existing Theatre-based reactor thermohydraulic model with GSE's latest RELAP 5-HD solution.

GSE said these upgrades "will enhance the operator's experience, taking advantage of the latest advances in simulation technology to provide even more realism to the training sessions and see phenomena not previously available with the legacy systems".

"GSE simulators are used in power generation plants worldwide to create training scenarios around real events and unique operating conditions," said GSE Solutions President and CEO Kyle Loudermilk. "It's a privilege to continue to work with customers year-after-year to help improve training development. These latest updates will continue to help TVO achieve their goal of safe, reliable, and optimal operations well into the future."

Olkiluoto units 1 and 2 - both 890 MWe boiling water reactors which began operating in 1979 and 1982, respectively - currently meet one-sixth of Finland's electricity demand. Once the Olkiluoto unit 3 EPR pressurised water reactor begins regular electricity production, expected next month, the plant will account for about 30%.

TVO began training operators for unit 3 on a separate simulator in February 2017. The training takes around one year and concludes with a test, where the trainee presents their knowledge and working skills. Site personnel were required to acquire an operating licence as a prerequisite for fuel loading at the OL3 EPR, which began in March 2021.

A man complaining of accelerated heartbeat has a arrived at a hospital emergency room. Simo Virtanen, born in 1958, was jogging four hours ago when his heart started to beat exceptionally quick. He stopped running, went back home and lied down. As the unpleasant beating continued, he took a taxi to the hospital.

Soon, the on-duty internal medicine specialist arrives. The nurses give her a short description of the case. The doctor asks the patient about the situation he was in when the palpitations started, his medical records and any possible risk factors.

While the nurses and the doctor are interviewing the patient and conducting necessary measurements, they are addressing him respectfully and constantly checking that his condition is as good as can be, or at least that it's not taking a turn for the worse.

The patient's real name isn't Simo Virtanen. He is SimMan 3G, a clinical simulation mannequin. And instead of an actual hospital emergency room, the students have gathered in SimuCenter, a recently finished simulation facility on the second floor of the brand new Medisiina D building.

Before the exercise begins, Wuorela and Clinical Lecturer, Staff Anaesthesiologist Matias Rantanen go through a pre-briefing of the simulation with the students. The students are shown around the simulation room. Rantanen lists the simulation's learning goals.

Rantanen and Wuorela are sitting in the control room, separated from the simulation by a one-way mirror. The room is equipped with computers the teachers can use to control the simulation dummy's functions. For instance, the dummy can be set to suffer convulsions and its respiratory frequency and pupil size can be adjusted. With the microphones in the control room, the supervisors can communicate with the students in the role of the patient and as directors via a speaker on the ceiling.

Once Seppl, in her role as internal medicine specialist, has done the necessary procedures, she calls upon acting anaesthesiologist Seppl to anaesthetise the patient prior to electrical cardioversion.

After the patient is anaesthetised, all four students start buzzing around him. Koivumaa is pulling beta blocker medication into a syringe and Yousif is setting defibrillator electrodes on the patient's chest. Seppl starts up the defibrillator while Thkp is giving the patient oxygen by hand.

The group of students and teachers moves into the smaller room on the other side of the hallway. It features a giant screen that shows video footage of the simulation room. Clinical Lecturer Rantanen leads the discussion and asks the students to talk about their actions during the simulation.

Rantanen and Wuorela, who both have gone through simulator teacher training, explain that their training focused especially on debriefing and guidance as teaching tools, instead of the practicalities of the technology. The debriefing requires a teacher to first and foremost possess pedagogical skills and practical expertise.

Once the students have reflected on their actions, they receive feedback from the Clinical Lecturer and fellow students. Whereas the simulation itself is over in fifteen minutes, the debriefing can take close to an hour.

Despite the fact that the simulation provides a safe environment for students to practice challenging patient encounters, the situation can be nerve-racking. While the students have finished packing up their gear and are leaving the simulation facility, medicine student Sanna Thkp has time to share her thoughts.

Well indiegala seems to be doing more pixel puzzle ultimate DLC, and humble sometimes do train simulators, but i think this simulator had it's last DLC bundle a long time ago? I seem to have gotten 4 dlc in may 2023, don't know from where.

They could do a weekly bundle for 2 years and still not run out. :p

It's also a shame that the most (or only) countries they focus on are germany, uk and america as far as i know (i thought i seen a dutch one somewhere but maybe i was wrong).

It would be nice to say oh today i want to see italy or the netherlands or finland, but i believe you can use mods.

We got this railway program on tv, where they go with a train through every country, and how you can see how landscapes are so different, the weather, the train itself, i can imagine if you played a few german ones you seen them all.

Not that i played any train sim game yet, but it's certainly on my to do list eventually.

Oh and some people just have a complete game OCD, and want all DLC if they can, and i guess for some real hobbyist that really want it all 2000 is nothing and they actually do sell, because else i don't think they would keep making 700 of them, but then again maybe not again if they introduced this subscription model.

If they don't sell well, they are better off selling them through Humble with a discount then nothing at all, but that's my view.

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