- Front shot of the pilot from the main instrument panel
- View of the entire main instrument panel
- Top down view of the entire cockpit via a ceiling-mounted camera
- Angled external shot of the sim including the projection screen
- Wide angle exterior shot of the entire sim, instructor's station and video equipment station
- An additional high sensitivity color camera is mounted to a tripod for any custom-angles that may be required.
All of these cameras are fed into time base correctors and a Panasonic WJ-MX50 digital video mixer that can also receive the sim's outside view directly from the computer and superimpose HUD graphics via the downstream keyer. Resizable and positionable picture-in-picture and dozens of other effects can be generated by the digital mixer. A master sync generator, waveform monitor and vectorscope help ensure a high quality video signal.
Multiple audio sources are fed into a microphone mixer and the WJ-MX50. These include:
- Omni-directional microphones in the cockpit
- Pilot's oxygen mask, if utilized
- Interphone system (Pilot's & instructors headset boom mikes)
- Direct audio feed from the main simulation computer
- Ambient room noise outside the sim
During live sim recording, the output can be recorded on two Super VHS editing decks simultaneously. For post-production work, two source decks and a record deck are controlled by an A-B editing controller. A character generator keyboard can be connected to the WJ-MX50 for any titling needs and multiple backgrounds and special effects can be added by the video mixer. Final productions can be dubbed to a DVD recorder, which can also record live as well.
