First Results from Operating the Dutch National Simulation Facility NSF

摘要

The NLR National Simulation Facility (NSF) in one of the few high quality211u001eresearch full mission flight simulators intended to support both aircraft 211u001eindustry and operators for investigations with the full operational envelope of 211u001ean aircraft. The NSF has been an is used in a number of simulator experiments 211u001ewhere a high degree of simulator fidelity is required in combination with the 211u001eneed for easy reconfiguring for a specific aircraft type or conditions where the 211u001eaircraft operated in. Three simulator experiments performed in 1996 are described 211u001eshowing the various possibilities; a handling qualities experiment for the SAAB 211u001eJAS-30 Gripen, a Speech recognition study with the F-16 MLU and a simulator 211u001erequirements study with an Aermacchi MB/339C. Also, some lessons learned during 211u001ethe deveopment of the NSF and the subsequent operational period, are presented.