Wittenstein Aerospace and Simulation has delivered a production control loading system (CLS) for the Diamond DA40 Diamond Star and DA42 Twin Star flight simulation training devices in Germany. This delivery marks the first Wittenstein CLS for the general aviation market that has been certified to FTD standard Level 5. The CLS is also compliant to ICAO 9625 Edition 3 up to Class VII.The system is comprised of Wittenstein's technology, which provides force-feel characteristics based on: integrated, high-performance servo motors and planetary gearboxes; integrated control electronics; Aktiv8 reconfigurable software that provides programmable force-feel characteristics; and Aktiv Toolkit customer programming and test interface.
The Diamond Star devices utilise one electro-mechanical control loader for each of the aircraft's main axes (elevator, aileron, rudder). The main features of the system are a closed control-loop interface for high-performance, maintenance-free components and a software configuration customised to fit the requirements stemming from real aircraft.
