F-16 Simulator for Man-in-the-Loop Testing of Aircraft Control Systems (SIMTACS).
Abstract
The focus of this project is the development of a real-time flight simulator for man-in-the-loop evaluation of flight control system designs. The F-16A is the simulated aircraft and a simplified F-16 digital flight control system is used. The simulations models nonlinear aerodynamic data over most of flight envelope and nonlinear inertially cross-coupled aircraft dynamics. The simulator is implemented on two Electronic Associates, Inc. SIMSTAR hybrid computer systems and an initial cockpit is designed for human pilot interactions. The simulated aircraft dynamic behavior is validated using AFTI/F-16 closed-loop time responses provided by the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory. The real-time, man-in-the-loop simulator is designed using the SIMSTAR computer systems. Currently, the simulator performance is limited in the speed of response. This temporary lack of speed is the result of the computational limitations of the current digital processors of the SIMSTAR computer systems. These limitations can be removed with hardware upgrades.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA189675
Entities
People
- Mark W. Kassan
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology