Simulation Software Library for Flight Simulators
Posted on December 15th, 2011
“These models have worked very well and have helped the C130J program during the development process…
Many of his implementations are not only creative, but innovative.”
–June, 1997
S. Horvath, Lockheed Martin/ FAA DER.
Simulation Software Library for Avionics Development and Flight Simulation.
- “C” Language (Approx 50,000 lines)
- 64 Bit Floating Point Math
- Multi-Platform OS (Unix, OS X or Windows)
- Plug-n-Play model modules (Unload, Load)
- AutoGenerated Spec/Pack/Unpack “Model Interface” Utilities
- OpenGL Utilities
- Flight Simulation Algorithms
- Scheduler, Mode Control (Freeze/Run/Init/..)
- Standard Equations of Motion – EOM
- Mass and CG Properties
- TCAS
- 6-DOF Motion Platform (Control Laws, Geometry Transform)
- Atmosphere
- Ground Dynamics
- Navigation DBase (ILS/VOR/TACAN) (Arinc 424)
- Navigation Utilities (Great Circle/Bearing/Distance/…)
- Control Loading Generics (Fwd Mass/Cable/Aft Mass/…)
- Symbolic Debugger/ Automatic Test Scripts
- Moving Models (Scripted Waypoint/Fixed Path/…)
- Aerodynamic Fast Auto-Trim
- Filters (Lead/Lag/PID/…)
- Interpolation Utilities
- Matrix Math
- MilStd 1553/ Arinc 429 Emulation
- Mode Control (Record/Playback)
- Future Development
- ARINC 653 (Emulation)
- ARINC 610