TY - GEN
T1 - Pilot-in-the-loop flight simulator for NASA's transport class model
AU - Ackerman, Kasey A.
AU - Pelech, Steven T.
AU - Carbonari, Ronald S.
AU - Hovakimyan, Naira
AU - Kirlik, Alex
N1 - Funding Information:
∗Research is supported by NASA. †Graduate Student, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering; [email protected]. ‡Graduate Student, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering; [email protected]. §Research Programmer, Beckman Institute; [email protected] ¶Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, AIAA Associate Fellow; [email protected]. ‖Professor, Dept. of Computer Science; [email protected]. ∗∗Senior Aerospace Research Engineer, Dynamic Systems and Controls Branch, MS 308, AIAA Senior [email protected].
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - An immersive flight simulator has been developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign using NASA's Transport Class Model aircraft dynamics in an effort to streamline the design and testing process of a flight control law incorporating flight envelope protection and loss-of-control prediction and prevention systems. A modular simulator structure has been implemented using a Simulink dynamics model, X-Plane visualization, Frasca 142 cockpit, and a custom digital gauge panel, with communication between elements over a local area network. Utilizing purpose-built Simulink libraries, a single Simulink model is able to facilitate batch simulations, desktop piloted simulations, and pilot-in-the-loop simulations in the flight simulator. This paper presents an overview of the simulator architecture and its implementation.
AB - An immersive flight simulator has been developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign using NASA's Transport Class Model aircraft dynamics in an effort to streamline the design and testing process of a flight control law incorporating flight envelope protection and loss-of-control prediction and prevention systems. A modular simulator structure has been implemented using a Simulink dynamics model, X-Plane visualization, Frasca 142 cockpit, and a custom digital gauge panel, with communication between elements over a local area network. Utilizing purpose-built Simulink libraries, a single Simulink model is able to facilitate batch simulations, desktop piloted simulations, and pilot-in-the-loop simulations in the flight simulator. This paper presents an overview of the simulator architecture and its implementation.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2014-0613
DO - 10.2514/6.2014-0613
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894425605
SN - 9781600869624
T3 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
BT - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
T2 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2014 - SciTech Forum and Exposition 2014
Y2 - 13 January 2014 through 17 January 2014
ER -