The ICARUS Device is a smart, view-limiting device made of a PDLC film that the pilot wears in front of their eyes, either clamped onto a headset or clipped into a flight helmet. [Courtesy: ICARUS]
Key Takeaways:
The ICARUS Smart View Limiting Device is a high-tech training tool designed for instrument pilots to simulate gradual or sudden degradation of visual conditions.
The device, using a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film worn by the pilot, is wirelessly controlled by an instructor via an app to realistically adjust visibility and enhance situational awareness.
Invented by Nick Sinopoli, ICARUS is globally adopted, used by military and private sector trainees across all seven continents to improve instrument flight instruction quality.
Instrument pilot trainees on all seven continents now have the opportunity to improve the quality of their instruction using the ICARUS Smart View Limiting Device.
Nick Sinopoli, the inventor of the ICARUS Device, a high-tech view limiting device, knew this only too well after losing a friend in an aviation accident in 2016.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
