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In June 2021, when he retired as president of Fiat Auto Argentina, businessman Cristiano Rattazzi announced: "I'm going to dedicate the next few years of my life to helicopters."
Rattazzi is convinced that helicopter navigation is a business that is still very underdeveloped in Argentina, especially in an urban area as large as Buenos Aires. In 2022, Rattazzi promoted the opening of the Helipuerto Autódromo (see note) and has now inaugurated a helicopter flight simulator in the town of Don Torcuato.
The investment was made by his company Modena Air Service, which is part of the Modena Group. It is a "Mixed Reality" 6XSIM simulator, which was developed together with the Delta 3 firm. It is the first of its kind in Argentina and the second in the world, which allows it to be operated by pilot and co-pilot crews, with the possibility of interacting with other crews in other simulators remotely.
Rattazzi's company defined the "Mixed Reality" system in this way: "The pilot has an absolute experience of realism, since the System, through sensors, knows the position of his body, his eyes and the external cameras in the visor obtain the images of the cabin with a movement reaction time in tenths of a second."
In this first phase, the 6XSIM is configured for training in Agusta AW109 helicopters, but it was announced that other aircraft models will soon be adapted. This simulator has the benefit of streamlining the process of obtaining initial and recurring qualifications to validate in RAAC 135, "generating cost savings and avoiding the transfer of foreign currency abroad."
Rattazzi is convinced that helicopter navigation is a business that is still very underdeveloped in Argentina, especially in an urban area as large as Buenos Aires. In 2022, Rattazzi promoted the opening of the Helipuerto Autódromo (see note) and has now inaugurated a helicopter flight simulator in the town of Don Torcuato.
The investment was made by his company Modena Air Service, which is part of the Modena Group. It is a "Mixed Reality" 6XSIM simulator, which was developed together with the Delta 3 firm. It is the first of its kind in Argentina and the second in the world, which allows it to be operated by pilot and co-pilot crews, with the possibility of interacting with other crews in other simulators remotely.
Rattazzi's company defined the "Mixed Reality" system in this way: "The pilot has an absolute experience of realism, since the System, through sensors, knows the position of his body, his eyes and the external cameras in the visor obtain the images of the cabin with a movement reaction time in tenths of a second."
In this first phase, the 6XSIM is configured for training in Agusta AW109 helicopters, but it was announced that other aircraft models will soon be adapted. This simulator has the benefit of streamlining the process of obtaining initial and recurring qualifications to validate in RAAC 135, "generating cost savings and avoiding the transfer of foreign currency abroad."
