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Flight Simulation for Research*

Part I. Flight Simulation in Aircraft Stability and Control Research — D. H. Perry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. H. Perry  and
J. M. Naish
D. H. Perry
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford
J. M. Naish
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
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Some of the uses of ground based flight simulation as a research tool to aid the design of new aircraft and their equipment are described. The function of the simulator is to provide a method for investigating humon flying tasks in the laboratory, so that the relationship between the pilot's capabilities and the equipment's characteristics can be systematically studied. The paper is presented in two parts describing recent work on two research simulators at the RAE.

Part I deals with the use of simulation for studying aircraft stability and control characteristics. The equipment used at RAE for this work is described, with particular emphasis on methods of presenting to the pilot a simulated view of the outside world, and for reproducing some of the motion cues which he experiences in flight. Experimental evidence of the importance of these simulation cues when making aircraft control assessments is also presented. Several examples of simulation studies into the control of conventional and VTOL aircraft are given, to illustrate the type of research problems in this field which may be tackled and the techniques involved in solving them.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 646 , October 1964 , pp. 645 - 652
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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Footnotes

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Based on the 1400th lecture given before the Society— March 1964

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