Improved simulation software to train helicopter pilots for extreme flight conditions

摘要

Engineers are developing more realistic simulation software for helicopter pilots which recreates the extreme turbulent airflows that can throw a craft off balance and cause a crash. Such turbulence can occur near oil rigs, ships and skyscrapers. The simulation software being developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will for the first time incorporate realtime computational analysis for both flow mechanics and flight dynamics, rather than depending on stored flow data.