Toolkit for tuning flight motion simulator controllers

Mark L. Avory

doi:10.1117/12.474706

12 July 2002 Toolkit for tuning flight motion simulator controllers

Mark L. Avory

Proceedings Volume 4717, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474706
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Flight motion simulator (FMS) controllers must be tuned to compensate for nonlinear hydraulic plant characteristics and optimize dynamic response within the specified operating bandwidth of each axis. Carco has developed the Matlab-based Carco Tool Kit that adapts the SigLab data acquisition system to perform the specific stimulus and measurement routines required for efficient FMS tuning. Each controller filter is first simulated in Matlab, added to acquired uncompensated-loop data, and optimized using interactive Bode and Nichols charts. The analog filter tuning component values are then extracted from equivalent PSPICE simulations, while the digital filter coefficients are copied directly into the digital controller programming script.

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Mark L. Avory "Toolkit for tuning flight motion simulator controllers", Proc. SPIE 4717, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VII, (12 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474706

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