A piloted simulator study of a slender-wing research aircraft (HP 115)

Abstract

The HP 115 slender-wing research aircraft was represented on the Aero Flight piloted research simulator. Comparisons of the handling of the simulated and the actual aircraft were made, based on the subjective opinion of six experienced test pilots and on recorded time histories. As a separate exercise a variety of visual and motion cues was made available to the pilots. Their subjective opinion and measurements of their ability to maintain wings level when subjected to step sidegusts, were used to assess the value of the several cues.