Motion simulation of transport aircraft in extended envelopes: Test pilot assessment

The European research project SUPRA (“Simulation of Upset Recovery in Aviation”) produced an extended aerodynamic model for simulation of a generic transport aircraft, capturing the key aircraft behavior beyond aerodynamic stall. As described in the current paper, a group of 11 test pilots with in-flight experience in stall conditions assessed...

SUPRA - Enhanced upset recovery simulation

The SUPRA research project - Simulation of Upset Recovery in Aviation - has been funded by the European Union 7th Framework Program to enhance the flight simulation envelope for upset recovery simulation. Within the project an extended aerodynamic model, capturing the key aerodynamics during and beyond stall for a large category transport...

Pilot motion perception and control during simulated decrab maneuver

A set of experiments were conducted on the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) GRACE research flight simulation facility to determine the effects of sway, yaw and roll motion on perceived motion fidelity, motion perception, pilot workload and pilot compensation. Fourteen pilots were asked to perform a manual decrab maneuver when the aircraft was...