Ideal Aerosmith

Inertial Navigation Test Systems

Ideal Aerosmith will service, refurbish and upgrade our own line of simulators, as well as motion simulators, air bearings tables, positioning tables and rate tables built by other manufacturers, such as Carco and Contraves®. Some models include the Contraves® Model 800, 57CD or 53M Test Tables.

We can provide upgrades for all existing controllers by implementing the AERO 4000™ Control System. Our AERO 4000™ Controller is built upon commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software platforms to minimize cost and delivery schedules, as well as to provide Ideal’s customers with a product that does not lock them into proprietary technology and single-source part vendors. It is designed to be a universal controller that can replace all older table controllers from various manufacturers.

Many of the existing tables have mechanical systems with an operational life of 20+ years. However, due to the life cycle of various electrical components, the controllers usually have a service life of approximately 10 years. The field proven AERO 4000 TM Controller is expected to have a service life of 20+ years and incorporates a number of COTS components to provide a migration path for future upgrades.

We have the following options/services available for table systems or centrifuges built by Contraves®, Carco, Genisco, Goerz or other manufacturers.

1. AERO 4000 TM Controller Upgrade
2. Extended maintenance / service contracts
3. Clean and re-grease bearings
4. Clean armature / replace motor brushes
5. Replace / recondition Bearings
6. New consoles / cabinets
7. New servo amplifier
8. Replace / recondition feedback devices
9. Clean / replace / upgrade / test slip rings
10. Field slip ring cleaning kit
11. Annual system calibrations preformed on site
12. Calibration after repairs
13. Replacement motors
14. Optional computer interfaces including real-time interfaces VMIC or SCRAMNet
15. Systems moved, reinstalled, leveled and calibrated.
16. North alignments, axis intersections, orthogonality, wobble corrections performed on site.
17. Adding a thermal chamber system or safety enclosure

Please contact us with the manufacturer’s name and model number of the system that you are interested in servicing, upgrading or refurbishing and we will be pleased to assist you.

Flight Motion Simulation Systems

Ideal Aerosmith will service, refurbish and upgrade our own line of flight motion simulators, as well as motion simulators manufactured by other manufacturers such as Carco and Contraves®.

We can provide upgrades for all existing controllers such as the obsolete MPACS & MADES controllers by implementing the AERO 4000™ Control System. Our AERO 4000™ Controller is built upon COTS hardware and software platforms to minimize cost and delivery schedules, as well as to provide Ideal’s customers with a product that does not lock them into proprietary technology and single-source part vendors. It is designed to be a universal controller that can replace all older table controllers from various manufacturers.

Many of the existing tables have mechanical systems with an operational life of 20+ years. However, due to the life cycle of various electrical components, the controllers usually have a service life of approximately 10 years. The field proven AERO 4000 Controller is expected to have a service life of 20+ years and incorporates a number of COTS components to provide a migration path for future upgrades.

We have the following options / services available for Contraves and Carco flight motion systems and target motion systems built by other manufacturers.

1. Extended maintenance / service contracts
2. Clean and re-grease bearings
3. Clean armature / replace motor brushes
4. New consoles / cabinets
5. New servo amplifier
6. AERO 4000 servo controller
7. Clean / replace / test slip rings
8. Replace a Gear Drive Roll Axis with direct-drive Axis - Brushless Motor Assembly
9. Refurbish or Replace Servo Valves, Pressure Relief Valves, Pressure Transducers, Piping or Rotary Unions
10. Rebuild/Repair Hydraulic Actuators (O-rings, Seals)
11. Repaint Base and Gimbal System
12. Field slip ring cleaning kit
13. Annual system calibrations preformed on site.
14. Calibration after repairs
15. Implement replacement motors and/or hydraulic actuators
16. Optional computer interfaces including real-time interfaces VMIC or SCRAMNet
17. Systems moved, reinstalled, leveled and calibrated.

Please contact us with the manufacturer’s name and model number of the system that you are interested in servicing, upgrading or refurbishing and we will be pleased to assist you.

AERO 4000™ Controller

AERO 4000™ Controller

The AERO 4000™ Motion Controller is used for replacing the aging or obsolete control electronics on older flight motion systems and rate tables, thus improving performance, providing new features, increasing reliability and extending the support life cycle of an existing system.

Key features of the AERO 4000™:

• Best value retrofit controller for Carco and Contraves electric & hydraulic Flight Motion Systems
• Advanced trajectory and servo algorithms execute at up to a 5 kHz frame rate for high-fidelity motion control
• Supports Inductosyn, synchro/resolver, and optical encoder feedback systems
• Digital sampling of analog transducers at the table eliminates noise-prone signal lines, improving signal fidelity
• Windows-based controller. Host Computer Interface calls can be made directly from C#, Visual Basic®, or LabVIEW® using Microsoft® .NET Remote Objects
• Optional Drop-in Replacement via Software Command Set emulation for various controllers
• Virtual Instrument Driver (.vi) for LabView
• Host Computer Interfaces: GPIB, 100baseT Ethernet, RS-232
• Reflective Memory Interfaces (Optional): SCRAMNet+® or VMIC
• Supports brushless and brush-type servo motors as well as hydraulic actuators