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| Recorded video of a pilot-in-the-loop simulation. Pilot performs taxi and take off. |
| RotorLib FDM can simulate steerable and non-steerable landing gears. Inclined or moving surfaces are supported. |
RotorLib FDM® (flight dynamics model) is a real-time C++ helicopter flight dynamics simulation library for flight training devices and flight simulators
RotorLib FDM is a model library which implements a generic mathematical model for helicopters. It can be parametrized to simulate a specific helicopter type (e.g. UH60, Bell 206 etc.). The flexible software architecture allows developers to extend the system by adding custom models as C++ classes for ground contacts, engines and flight control system components.
Features:
- High fidelity helicopter simulation model
- Ideal for pilot-in-the-loop applications such as flight training devices
- Fully reconfigurable using XML configuration files
- Supports saving and loading simulation state (demo video)
- Faster or slower than real-time simulation and pausing the simulation supported
- Deterministic simulation model (i.e. it is possible to repeat scenarios)
- Momentum theory based main and tail rotor model
- Aerodynamic interferences between components (e.g. main rotor and fuselage) are simulated
- High fidelity landing gear simulation capable of simulation of taxiing
- Extensible control system architecture
- Extensible engine model architecture
- Easy to use C++ API
- Low cost
- Available on Windows® and Linux®
Applications:
RotorLib FDM has a wide variety of applications, including but not limited to:
- Pilot training
- Desktop trainers
- Procedure and system trainers
- Screening simulator
- Mission rehearsal
- Part task trainer
- Full flight trainer
- UAV operator trainer
- Engineering simulators
- Aircraft systems development
- Academic research
- UAV systems development
- Entertainment
- Entertainment simulators
- Computer games
