26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P5.4

FLIGHT MECHANICS SIMULATOR FOR ROTORCRAFT DEVELOPMENT

M. L. Preatoni, A. Ragazzi, A. Ceruti*, G. M. Saggiani*
AgustaWestland, Italy; *Univ. of Bologna, Italy

Keywords: Flight Dynamics and Control - Flight Testing and Simulation – Simulator design

AgustaWestland to improve its Design Process since from the Preliminary Design Phase has decided to develop a “flight mechanics simulator for the design process”. The flight mechanics simulator described in this paper was born from a collaboration project with the Univ. of Bologna, Campus of Forlì.

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