This paper describes the design of a real-time flight simulator, which is based on a modular architecture of PCs coupled by Ethernet. The simulator is required to provide a rapid prototyping environment to support the design and evaluation of avionics systems and flight control systems. Methods are described to ensure real-time implementation of the equations of motions using a standard PC and the provision of real-time graphics to simulate aircraft displays using SVGA. The paper includes analysis of the performance of the flight modelling methods and the simulation of aircraft displays. The paper concludes that high fidelity flight models and aircraft displays can be implemented using standard PC platforms and Ethernet cards, if attention is given to the design of the simulator architecture. The resultant simulator provides a rapid prototyping environment, standardising on the packet formal and lowlevel packet protocols of Ethernet.
The design of a real-time engineering flight simulator for the rapid prototyping of avionics systems and flight control systems
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control ; 21 , 2/3 ; 51-62
1999
12 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 13 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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