Status of Dynamic Flight Test Technology -Model Identification for Flight Simulation

Dynamic flight test technology has by now emerged as a valuable tool for assessment of aircraft performance characteristics and stability and control characteristics. In this paper emphasis is on applications In the context of flight simulation. It is shown that after flight path reconstruction and reconstruction of the motion of the primary control system a linear and stepwise identification procedure can be applied for the development of aerodynamic models and models of primary control force characteristics. These models can be implemented in mathematical models for aircraft flight simulation.