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Flight Mechanics and Flight Control Systems

"Short market lead times and low acquisition cost require efficient and flexible solutions for the challenges of flight mechanics and flight control systems."

Dr. Ing. Pierluigi Capone, Team Leader Flight Mechanics and Flight Control Systems

Field of expertise

The field of expertise of the team lies in flight mechanics, simulation and flight control systems.

Small aircraft manufacturers cannot realize accurate flight dynamic models during the development of new aircraft since this will involve a high financial burden for them. Therefore, possible problems of the new aircraft, for example in handling qualities, are dealt with at a later stage in development, mostly applying trial and error methods. However, aircraft characteristics such those mentioned above are important sales arguments in today’s market. In order to provide customers with a competitive product, efficient flight dynamics models are required. The Center for Aviation (ZAV) has extensive experience with general aviation aircraft and can cope with ambitious goals required by aircraft development, training and research flight simulation and flight control systems design and development.

Another field of expertise of the Center for Aviation lies in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). While already multiple applications for these new machines exist, safety regulations are still rather vague and may vary from country to country. In spite of this, manufacturers and regulatory bodies are trying to bridge the gap between the versatility of these new machines and the need to guarantee safety of people on ground and in the air. The flight mechanics and flight control systems team also deals with the safety aspect of UAV and can support costumers in certification processes.

Services

The flight mechanics and flight control systems team can offer you the following services:

 

Laboratory equipment

The flight mechanics and flight control systems team has the direct responsibility to operate, maintain and develop the following laboratory equipment:

Project examples

The following example projects are or have been carried out by the flight mechanics and flight control systems team:

Courses and training

The following courses and training opportunities are offered by the flight mechanics and flight control systems team: