SIMULATION OF FLIGHT THROUGH GUST

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Kareem Jawad Kadhum

Abstract

A flight simulation programme has been developed on a personal computer using Microsoft
FORTRAN to simulate flight trajectories of a light aircraft by using Six-Degree-of-Freedom
equation of motion. The simulation has been made realistic through pre-programmed the input to
the control surfaces, atmospheric gust during the flight mode. The programme plays an important
role in the evaluation and validation of the aircraft design process. A light aircraft (Cessna 182T)
has been tested through free flight, gliding flight, flight with gust. The results show good trend and
show that the programme could be dependent as a realistic flight test programme.

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“SIMULATION OF FLIGHT THROUGH GUST” (2011) Journal of Engineering, 17(06), pp. 1401–1416. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2011.08.08.

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