22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-3.11.3

THE USE OF DESKTOP SIMULATIONS IN THE CAREFREE MANEUVRING FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM OF JAS39 GRIPEN

M. Tormalm, M. Bergström
Saab AB (publ), S-581 88 Linköping, Sweden

Keywords: jas39 gripen, maneuvring, desktop simulation

The JAS39 Gripen high Angle-of-Attack (AOA) flight test program started in the summer of 1995 and was completed in the spring of 2000. A part of this program consisted of carefree manoeuvring tests to evaluate the flight control systems ability to keep the aircraft within AOA, Angle-of-Sideslip (AOS) and load factor limits during extreme pilot inputs. This paper describes the introduction of desktop simulations into the carefree test program and how this has created a very efficient test procedure. A brief description of the tools developed and the lessons learned from their usage in the high angle-of-attack flight test program are also provided.

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