The present Airborne Simulator operated by the Flight Research Laboratory (FRL) of the National Aeronautical Establishment (NAE), is based on a Bell 205A-1 host vehicle, and is the third generation of such simulators at the laboratory, the previous two being based on Bell 47 models. This aircraft was acquired by the NAE in 1969, first saw service in the simulation of variable stability role in 1971, and since then has undergone and is still undergoing a process of evolutionary development. This paper will concentrate on the operational aspects of airborne simulation using this aircraft, specifically addressing its limitations and the flight safety implications of operating in a single channel fly-by-wire mode in close proximity to the surface and obstacles. The implications of such operations, encompassing such flight phases as landing and Nap of the Earth (NOE) flight on future generations of airborne simualtion are also mentioned. Recent trends in flight mechanics research at the FRL have tended to remove emphasis from classical handling qualities experiments to a more system oriented field, and following this the Airborne Simuator has, of late, been used for investigations of the inherent aspects of fly-by-wire systems and as a general research tool in the investigation of various aspects of the glass cockpit and high technology pilot/machine interfacing.


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    Title :

    Airborne Simulation at the National Aeronautical Establishment of Canada


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English