A C-11B instrument flight trainer was converted into a variable stability flight simulator. The original frame, cockpit, controls, pneumatic system and instruments were utilized as well as certain other necessary components. The original aerodynamic and engine computers were removed, a new instrument drive system was designed and a hybrid computer was programmed to solve the equations of motion. The cockpit controls supplied the inputs to the computer which in turn supplied the outputs to the various instruments through their respective drive systems. The computer program may be quickly changed to simulate the aerodynamic characteristics of almost any single engine jet aircraft, or the parameters of a specific aircraft may be varied to investigate their effects on flying qualities. (Author)
Conversion of a C-11B Instrument Flight Trainer into a Variable Stability Flight Simulator
1968
57 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Jet training planes , Flight simulators , Modification kits , Design , Aerodynamic characteristics , Stability , Cockpits , Airframes , Flight control systems , Pneumatic devices , Equations of motion , Analog-digital computers , Drives , Theses
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