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An ultra modern High Performance Human Centrifuge (HPHC) was inaugurated by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major, at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) recently.
“With this new acquisition, the IAM is now at par with world standards as it now has one of the most modern facilities for centrifuge training in the world,†said an Indian Armed Forces (IAF) statement. The HPHC is a state of the art, high performance operational aviation simulator capable of various G profiles and also can produce multi-axial acceleration akin to those seen during super manoeuvres in modern thrust vectored fighters.
In this simulator, various profiles of lead aircraft can be set from the control desk and then subsequently given to the aircrew to fly. Centrifuge training is like flying a fighter combat sortie in a safe and controlled environment on ground. This is expected to provide a boost for training fighter pilots of the Indian Armed Forces.
High G Training would ensure that the aircrew is well trained to react adequately to high rate of G being built in combat flying, while he is concentrating upon the tactics, weaponry and evasion. The centrifuge will also be used for training and research in space programs in the future.
The HPHC has features of Anti G suit inflation, chest counter pressure and pressure breathing through the mask. The medical monitoring system in the new centrifuge is also state of the art, capable of simultaneously recording 38 different physiological parameters including ECG, EEG, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and trans cranial Doppler (amount of blood flowing to the brain). “IAF is now poised to take training of fighter aircrew to a new level to achieve combat preparedness,†said an IAF statement.
An ultra modern High Performance Human Centrifuge (HPHC) was inaugurated by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major, at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) recently.
“With this new acquisition, the IAM is now at par with world standards as it now has one of the most modern facilities for centrifuge training in the world,†said an Indian Armed Forces (IAF) statement. The HPHC is a state of the art, high performance operational aviation simulator capable of various G profiles and also can produce multi-axial acceleration akin to those seen during super manoeuvres in modern thrust vectored fighters.
In this simulator, various profiles of lead aircraft can be set from the control desk and then subsequently given to the aircrew to fly. Centrifuge training is like flying a fighter combat sortie in a safe and controlled environment on ground. This is expected to provide a boost for training fighter pilots of the Indian Armed Forces.
High G Training would ensure that the aircrew is well trained to react adequately to high rate of G being built in combat flying, while he is concentrating upon the tactics, weaponry and evasion. The centrifuge will also be used for training and research in space programs in the future.
The HPHC has features of Anti G suit inflation, chest counter pressure and pressure breathing through the mask. The medical monitoring system in the new centrifuge is also state of the art, capable of simultaneously recording 38 different physiological parameters including ECG, EEG, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and trans cranial Doppler (amount of blood flowing to the brain). “IAF is now poised to take training of fighter aircrew to a new level to achieve combat preparedness,†said an IAF statement.