25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.10.4

REAL-TIME HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF FLY-BY-WIRE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS

E. Denti, G. Di Rito, R. Galatolo
Univ. of Pisa, Italy

Keywords: Aircraft Systems Integration, Real-Time Simulation, Hardware-In-The-Loop Testing

A real-time/hardware-in-the-loop simulation system of a Fly-By-Wire flight control system is described. The system integrates a computer network for real-time simulation, the flight control computers and a hydraulic rig for flight control actuators, which includes a ram for aerodynamic load simulation and a control unit for the failure injection.

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