Developement Of An Instrument Landing Simulation ... - Cal Poly

5. Simulator Implementation:The most important purpose of the PhEagle Flight Simulator is to let the studentsbecome more familiar with the inside of the aircraft. Most students get their flyingexperience by being a passenger. PhEagle allows the students to sit in the cockpit, fly theaircraft, become familiar with what information is being sent to the pilot, and learn thevariables that they’ve been studying, perform in real time. The simulator allows a directuse in the classroom particularly in the courses: Stability & Controls, Aircraft Design,Flight Control System Design, Space Control System Design, and especially FlightSimulation; all offered at Cal Poly.5.1 Stability DerivativesSince the simulation only requires a SAD file, any aircraft can be modeled as longas the stability derivatives are known. Students in Stability & Controls receive anintroduction to stability derivatives. 21 The class can now visually see what happens whencertain stability derivatives are changed and see their effect in real time. Aircraft Designstudents can design their aircraft then compute the stability derivatives for their aircraftand implement them into the simulator to see how the aircraft handles. This may give riseto the aircraft needing a larger tail for more control authority. Also the aircraft might beso unstable that they might need to design a flight control system.40