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CEAS EuroGNC 2022

The Virtual Flight Test Environment - A Web-Based Framework for Realistic Testing of Flight Control Laws
Alexander Köthe Chief Technology Officer, AlphaLink Engineering GmbH, 10625, Berlin, Germany.
Janik Hopf Flight Control Engineer, AlphaLink Engineering GmbH, 10625, Berlin, Germany.
Richard Reinfeld Systems Engineer, AlphaLink Engineering GmbH, 10625, Berlin, Germany.
Daniel Cracau Chief Executive Officer, AlphaLink Engineering GmbH, 10625, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
With current open-source tools, flight control design and testing is tedious. The presented virtual flight test environment provides a complete toolchain for the safe testing of flight control software in a virtual flight test using the web browser. Any UAS can be integrated as a model into the test environment and virtually tested at any location. This reduces development costs through fast and safe testing of software prototypes. The new tool also supports the education of flight control engineers through i) a variety of predefined control-loop structures and ii) a direct transition from virtual to real flight test.
Keywords: Flight Simulation; Digital Twin; Aircraft Control
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Alexander Köthe, Janik Hopf, Richard Reinfeld, Daniel Cracau: The Virtual Flight Test Environment - A Web-Based Framework for Realistic Testing of Flight Control Laws. Proceedings of the 2022 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Berlin, Germany. May 2022. CEAS-GNC-2022-036.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2022-036,
    authors = {Köthe, Alexander and Hopf, Janik and Reinfeld, Richard and Cracau, Daniel},
    title = {The Virtual Flight Test Environment - A Web-Based Framework for Realistic Testing of Flight Control Laws},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Berlin, Germany},
    month = may,
    year = {2022},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2022-036}
}