Project Whirlwind. Volume 14. Aircraft Simulation
Abstract
The initial objective of Project Whirlwind was to simulate the flight characteristics of an aircraft with the aim of obtaining pilot reaction to a proposed aircraft based on wind tunnel data without first going to the expense of building a prototype. The simulator could also be used to evaluate the desirability of proposed changes in an existing aircraft. A computer would have stored in it a program for the solution of the equations of motion of an aircraft, and the function tables representing the characteristics of a particular aircraft based on wind tunnel data. Inputs to the computer would be the pilot's control motions; outputs would be the appropriate instrument readings and quantities representing the forces on the pilot and on the controls. This is quite fully described in Summary Report No. 1 which is Vol. 3 of this series. Report R-64-1, which is Appendix A of Summary Report No. 1, presents a form of these equations as worked out by the staff of the Aeronautical Engineering Department at M.I.T. in co-operation with Project Whirlwind.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1947
- Accession Number
- AD0896854
Entities
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology