A 3-Degree-of-Freedom Flight Simulator Evaluation of Unsteady Aerodynamics Effects

Abstract

This report documents the delivery of a 3-degree-of-freedom flight simulator for the use of researchers in the field of unsteady aerodynamics. The software is distributed to qualified users via 3-1/2 inch high density diskette. The flight simulation was designed to be portable across programming languages and computer operating systems. It was written in the C programming language under MSDOS and subsequently ported to VAX/VMS, first in C then in Ada. The input files are identical under both operating systems and both languages. The output files are identical across these environments except for minor differences under Ada. The C source files are different only in their syntax for the use of include files. The build (make) files are different as are the binary object and executables. The documentation files are identical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241540

Entities

People

  • C. B. Harmon
  • William Dieterich

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Flight Paths
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Simulators
  • Geometry
  • High Level Languages
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulators
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unsteady Aerodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Physics

Readers

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