Hand Skills Trainers
View our hand skills products below.
Hand skills trainers are valuable tools for developing and refining manual dexterity in various industries, ultimately enhancing the overall competence and efficiency of learners in their respective fields. View the Generic Fastener Installation Trainer, Generic Hand Skills Trainer, Flying Control Rod Trainer and Wiring Boards below.
Controlled and focused environment
Mastery of fine motor skills
Improved hand-eye coordination
Generic Fastener Installation Trainer
The Generic Fastener Installation Trainer, often known as GFIT, provides each student with the initial cognitive and manipulative skills required for accurate hardware assembly. It is extremely portable and cost effective, requiring only a limited selection of hand tools and a bench vice. Although primarily designed for the aviation industry, the trainer can be easily adapted to suit any industry that provides training in simple manufacture and hardware assembly.
Key features:
- Fastener identification and operation
- Determination of fits and clearances
- Progressive/Pattern/ torqueing
- Prevailing torque measurement/application
- Lock tab installation
- Application of chemical locking compounds
- Split pinning (cotter pin installation)
- Assembly of all-metal & low temperature lock nuts
- Assembly and locking of an electrical connector
- Single strand locking of black box screws
- Figure 8 lockwiring of MS engine bolts
- Double strand lockwiring of AN type bolts
- Assembly of AN type unions and rigid plumbing
Generic Hand Skills Trainer (GenSkill)
- Introduction of a functioning low voltage aircraft circuit
- Electrical harness fabrication
- Sheet metal fabrication
- Aircraft assembly – style LRU including soldering and terminating wires
- Testing of the system with a portable test set
- Controlled fault harness replaces the student harness with in-built faults
- Up to 23 practical tasks
- Fault harness option
Flying Control Rod Trainer
The Flying Control Rod Trainer provides basic training on flying control surface operations and adjustment and rigging of control systems. The system comprises a representative control column assembly, a short control run with adjustable control rods and stops, rigging pin provision and idler links. The rig terminates with a representative control surface with deflection measuring capability. Formerly known as Basic Flying Control Rod Trainer (BFCRT).
Key features:
- Lightweight portable frame
- Representative control column assembly
- Spring feel unit
- Various bell cranks and links
- Primary stops
- Adjustable control rods
- Lightweight portable frame
- Representative control column assembly
- Spring feel unit
- Various bell cranks and links
- Primary stops
- Adjustable control rods
Wiring Boards
The Wiring Boards enable the student to undertake a range of cable harness manufacturing and testing practices. Students gain experience in the use of common range of electrical test equipment by the testing and fault diagnosis of cable harnesses.
Key features:
- Includes cable manufacture, installation and termination methods
- Practical experience of aviation cable harness numbering systems
- Practical identification and investigation of defects on DC circuits
- Integral Storage
- Twin mobile Student Wiring Board Stations
- Independent Test Box (One supplied per Facility)
- Practical experience in a range of tooling and test equipment
