Parallel Robot Motion Applied to Flight Simulator Control Law Synthesis

The herein proposed method of synthesis of the parallel robot applied as flight simulator motion system control laws came from author's 20 year experience in developing, integrating and testing the control laws and their software dedicated to different simulators. The goal of the simulator motion control law synthesis at the proposed method is not minimizing cost function taken at the beginning of that synthesis process but achieving positive assessment by the operator (e.g. pilot) team on the basis of simulator motion perception. Procedures adopted for those simulators FAT (Final Acceptance Tests) within proposed method were based on standard military equipment testing methods. Performing the final and the most important tests by the real device operators (pilots) was the new element here. The other important modification of the classical method was introducing the simulated object acceleration derivative into the filters controlling the simulator motion system. It appeared to be particularly effective in the cases of highly manoeuvrable airplane simulators.