Capability of the Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS)

Abstract

THE REALISM POSSIBLE IN ITS SEPARATE, NEW EVALUATION COCKPIT. The capabilities and features of this in-flight simulator considerably broaden the ability of the aircraft designer to deal with difficult trade-offs in flying qualities problems. A base configuration can be set up and then its stability and control characteristics can be systematically varied for investigations to gain research knowledge pertinent to flight vehicle and flight control system design. The report describes the theoretical basis for in-flight motion reproduction and how this theory can be applied to determine the TIFS capability to simulate a given aircraft. Physical characteristics as determined in flight and examples of simulation are given. Flight test records of model-following performance are also included. The objective of the report is to give the reader the basic information for planning a TIFS experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750745

Entities

People

  • Gardner J. Fabian
  • Paul R. Motyka
  • Philip A. Reynolds
  • Richard Wasserman

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Simulators
  • Fuselages
  • Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Simulators
  • Split Flaps
  • Variable Stability Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Library and Information Science