Ground-based flight simulation contributes greatly to the development of new aircraft and flight management systems and will be especially important in improving the performance, safety, and environmental characteristics of future civil and military V/STOL aircraft. This paper describes existing simulation facilities at Ames Research Center and discusses their capabilities and limitations for V/STOL aircraft investigations. Simulation requirements for NASA research and support of DOD programs are also discussed, including technology development for advanced rotorcraft and civil and military V/STOL aircraft. Current efforts and future plans are described for the upgrading of Ames simulation facilities to meet those requirements. Recent advances in equipment technology and operational methodology are shown to provide significantly improved simulation fidelity through better motion and visual cues and faster system response to pilot inputs.


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    Title :

    V/STOL aircraft simulation - Requirements and capabilities at Ames Research Center


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aircraft Systems and Technology Conference ; 1978 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1978-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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