Instrumentation
Flight Level Engineering sources high quality COTs components that work well together. We make use of the MATLAB®/SIMULINK® based Real-Time Operating System for our ground based simulators and in-flight simulators.
Advantages of MATLAB®/SIMULINK® architecture include:
- Aerospace Industry standard
- Graphical programming
- No “traditional programming” knowledge required
Standard Data Acquisition Features include:
- Real-Time data collection at 100 Hz in binary format
- Always On
- Raw data ‘backup’
- Convertible to any desired format
- Observer data collection at 50 Hz in CSV format
- Observer ‘flags’ and parameter injection into data stream
- Report Generator from flight test file
- Selectable parameters and units
- Selectable report template
- Computer also broadcasts data stream
Centralized I/O interface designed and built by Flight Level Engineering for In-Flight Use (100’s of data Channels at 1000 HZ Real Time)
Observer/Instructor Station
Monitor each test from a separate instructor station. Strip charts, cross plots, and digital displays of over 150 simulator signals are available in an intuitive, easy-to-use observer station. Monitor flight parameters such as angle of attack, load factor, or bank angle for performance evaluation or study the pilot perception of automation while you monitor autopilot modes, flight controller states, or any other parameter inside the simulator structure.
If you like more control, Flight Level Engineering simulators broadcast all flight parameters at 100 Hz and have a two-way communication with the simulator. Insert event flags, test point counters, maneuver counters, and more into the data stream. Data recording can take place at 50 Hz in ‘csv’ format directly readable by Excel or other spreadsheet software.
To use as an Instructor Station, these stations allow a user to set flight conditions, position, failures, control loading parameters, and many more options in real time.
