Initial Development Of OC-Based Flight Dynamics Engineering Simulator

Abstract

Flight simulation had played a very important role in aerospace and aviation industries as an engineering tool and training equipment. Computers provided the capability of stimulating an aircraft in flight without actually flying the aircraft, thus providing safety to pilots and also cost reduction in pilot training and aircraft design. Aerodynamic characteristics were modelled mathematically to display the air craft orientation and the aircraft motion during manoeuvres. Implementation of aerodynamic database system enables a flight simulator to stmulate many types of aircraft manoeuvres.