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SIM 225
Characteristics
Ship's bridge
- navigation equipment for steering various types of vessels (seagoing, coastal shipping and Voith-Shneider tugboats);
- automatic radar plot device (ARPA radar);
- quadrophonic sound system;
- VHF radio;
- Electronic Chart Display Information System (ECDIS);
- possibility to connect Portable Pilot Unit.
Exterior visuals
- computer-generated perspective image of the surroundings projected on a cylindrical screen;
- under projection, a surplus valua for quay and lock manoeuvres;
- field of view: 225° horizontally and 35° vertically;
- It is possible to change the viewing direction so that the ship can be visualised from bow to stern. Extra LCD screen on 180° is available;
- fog, mist, twilight and night vision.
Instructor's room
- operator console to select, develop, start and stop voyages;
- operator console for 4 boatropes and 2 anchors;
- control of target vessels;
- set atmospheric conditions and the time of day;
- opening and closing of bridges and lock gates;
- operate traffic lights;
- operating console for 4 tugboats (classic, Voith-Schneider, Z-Peller).
Mathematical manoeuvring model
- calculation of hydrodynamic forces, shallow water effects, restricted water effects;
- propulsion;
- aerodynamic forces;
- forces of pushing and pulling tugboats;
- forces of cables and anchors;
- contact forces and interaction with encountering and overtaking target vessels.