In the context of a modern approach to the design of rotocraft, handling qualities should be the result of careful planning, rather than the output of a multitude of other choices, made primarily focusing on more immediate constraints. For a wide range of flight conditions and mission task elements, the test pilot feedback is the essential measure upon which the design choices are made. Thus, it is becoming of fundamental importance to be able to simulate a representative model of the vehicle in a pilot-in-the-loop environment as early as possible in the design stage. This work is intended to document the development process of one such system currently being realized at the facilities belonging to the Aerospace Science and Technology Department of Politecnico di Milano. Particular attention is given to the software architecture, based on the free and open-source multibody solver MBDyn. The development of a module specifically designed to exploit the environment visualization capabilities of FlightGear, also a free and open-source software, is presented.
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ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 26–29, 2018
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Design Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5183-8
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FRAME-Sim: A Free-Software, Multibody-Based, Pilot in the Loop Rotorcraft Flight Simulator
Andrea Zanoni,
Andrea Zanoni
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Luca Conti,
Luca Conti
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Pierangelo Masarati
Pierangelo Masarati
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Andrea Zanoni
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Luca Conti
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Pierangelo Masarati
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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DETC2018-85289, V006T09A016; 8 pages
Published Online:
November 2, 2018
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Zanoni, A, Conti, L, & Masarati, P. "FRAME-Sim: A Free-Software, Multibody-Based, Pilot in the Loop Rotorcraft Flight Simulator." Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 6: 14th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. August 26–29, 2018. V006T09A016. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2018-85289
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