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What we have
To evaluate and validate the handling qualities of your existing or prototype aircraft design?
To evaluate and validate your (fly-by-wire) flight control system or cockpit manipulators both in simulation and in flight test?
A full flight simulator to test and evaluate handling qualities of classic and fly-by-wire aircraft
A simulator cockpit layout that can be configured to represent different types of aircraft with for instance side stick, centre stick or control column and wheel flight controls
Flight controls that are force back driven by a programmable electric control loading system
Aircraft simulation models that can easily be implemented and integrated using Matlab Simulink or customer supplied software. Aircraft simulation models can also be implemented based on model specification documents and data files
A flexible software environment which enables efficient integration of software, cockpit displays and hardware in the loop. Software languages include Matlab Simulink, C, C++, Fortran or any customer specific language
Knowledge and experience to design and conduct experiments to evaluate, optimise and validate handling qualities
Tools for monitoring and recording any variables of interest in the simulation
Video registration of cockpit overview, the individual pilots, cockpit displays and aircraft manoeuvre and control visualisation
Tools to measure human factors which produce data on the workload of the pilots and the accuracy of controlling the aircraft
A dedicated Airborne Design, Evaluation and Validation Chain for testing and certification of new cockpit technology, ATM concepts, handling qualities, control law designs, avionics prototypes with hardware-in-the-loop or your completely integrated prototype aircraft simulation
Flight test services that can be tailored to your requirements with a wide range of test aircraft
A dedicated staff of research engineers and flight simulation specialists to support your human-in-the-loop experiments
A dedicated flight test operations staff, including engineering test pilots, flight test engineers and certification specialists
