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Welcome to the Smart Icing
Systems Flight Simulation web site. This research is geared towards
the simulation of aircraft icing. The aerodynamic effects of
ice accretion will be modeled while new methods of warning and
training pilots will be developed. |
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Group Objectives
- Adapt the FlightGear
Flight Simulator to quickly, easily, and accurately simulate
any desired aircraft, particularly the Twin Otter commuter airplane.
- Develop a more accurate,
flexible, and generic aerodynamics model to interface with the
NASA Langley LaRCsim flight dynamics model provided with Flight
Gear.
- Develop engine, landing
gear, and other dynamics models appropriate for the aircraft
models being implemented in the simulator.
- Add icing encounter
model(s) incorporating aerodynamic and control effects studied
by other SIS research groups.
- Implement icing detection
algorithms and neural nets to warn pilots of icing conditions.
- Incorporate new displays
to assist pilots in identifying and reacting to aircraft icing
issues.
- Design networking
tools so that different portions of the simulator can be run
on different computers.
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Group Members
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General Links
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Contact the Flight
Sim Group
Prof. Michael Selig
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
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