Aircraft/control system simulation

This paper describes an aircraft/control system simulation facility being developed at Kansas State University as part of an NSF “Flexible Embedded Control System Design” laboratory project. The simulation facility will support teaching and research in the design of new and innovative flight control systems for general aviation aircraft. The proposed system includes a navigation and pilot information system based on Global Positioning System (GPS) and data link technology and a health monitoring system (HMS). The purpose of the simulation facility is to provide the capability where designs of this advanced flight system can be evaluated both as individual system elements and as part of the overall system including pilot-in-the-loop studies. As the design progresses and prototypes of the hardware are built, the simulation will permit inclusion of these hardware modules in place of the simulation code