Dynamic aspects in building up a flight simulator

Abstract

A very tempting and demanding application within the robotic field concerns the flight simulators. The definition of a flight simulator given by Collins Dictionary is: "A ground-training device that reproduces exactly the conditions experienced on the flight deck of an aircraft" [1]. The computer based flight simulators still take advantage of the human organ illusion. When the pilots turn any direction in flight simulator, the motion base supports the real bank to some extent. The dynamic analysis of the flight and the dynamic behavior of the simulator are crucial for identifying the differences between fly and simulation stress imposed on the structure and to determine the adequate generalized force value in the control. Therefore in this paper the generalized forces to induce a controlled acceleration in the cockpit frame are determined and the fitting diagrams are depicted. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010.