Characteristic helicopter flight mechanics and motion cueing integration into the sivor robotic flight simulator: An objective approach

Abstract

© 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2018. All rights reserved.The following paper will depict the process followed to build a baseline motion cueing setting specific for VTOL and helicopter applications for the SIVOR flight simulator at ITA. This effort is built around three elements: a pilot model, an identified model of the robotic platform and a set of surrogate flight dynamic models representative of helicopter motion. Initially, a description of the platform and simulation environment is presented, followed by the tuning strategy based on numerical optimization and a test case which will serve as a validation for the optimization strategy. A brief description of the SIVOR system identification process is presented along with the structural-pilot-model used to explore a set of three main manoeuvres which are used for washout filter tuning. Optimization results included in the test maneuvers show good agreement with published experimental observations.

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