1.      Platform Introduction

The aircraft simulated flight experiment platform integrates flight motion simulation, flight instrument simulation, simulated pilot operation, flight vision simulation, and real-time flight simulation functions, capable of realizing MITL simulated flight experiences. This experiment platform is designed for students majoring in aircraft design and aircraft power engineering to allow them to take relevant experimental courses while studying civil aviation outlines and aviation instruments. It enables students to vividly operate and experience aviation instruments and function displays on civil passenger planes in a relatively real manner.

Features and necessity of aircraft simulated flight:

1. Virtual display of aviation instruments on civil passenger planes to simulate the flight process of planes in a high-fidelity fashion;
2. Flight simulation is an important method in aviation teaching and is more visual and easier to understand.

2.      Platform Features

1. Openness: It allows users to use Matlab Simulink user-defined aircraft object simulation models, which in turn allows universities to open up innovative experimental courses;
2. Vividness: The experiment platform is closely combined with theoretical courses, thus combining tedious aircraft theory teaching with vivid simulated operations, visual simulation, and real-time mathematical model simulation. In this way, it enhances the vividness of experimental courses and students’ learning interest;
3. Advanced Nature: The engineering-grade R&D process widely used for developing aircraft usually involves theoretical derivation, digital simulation, real-time simulation, and finally practical tests. By using this platform, students can experience the R&D process of mainstream aviation companies;
4. Comprehensiveness: This platform can serve as an experimental course for a host of courses such as Introduction to Aerospace, Flight Control Technology, Aerospace Dynamics, Aviation Instruments, etc. It improves the utilization of equipment and can also be used to set up comprehensive experimental courses.

3.      Experiment Contents

• Aircraft cockpit instrument knowledge
• Plane manipulation control surface operation
• Airplane digital simulation modeling based on Matlab Simulink
• Airplane model real-time simulation
• Real-time simulated flight (static)
• Real-time simulated flight (dynamic)
• Airplane flight performance analysis

4.      Model Selection and Configuration