Requirements and Design Challenges in Rotorcraft Flight Simulations for Research Applications

摘要

Research flight simulators often differ in requirements and design parameters compared to flight simulation training devices due to their broad field of applications. Flexibility and extensibility are the key factors to be able to use the simulation environment for numerous projects to save budget and to increase simulation fidelity over time. With design and implementation examples of the Rotorcraft Simulation Environment (ROSIE) at the Institute of Helicopter Technology at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, compliance with these requirements shall be demonstrated. After a discussion of the challenges in high fidelity real-time flight simulation, e. g. time delays and resolution of visual cue information, current research projects performed with ROSIE are illustrated.