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Citation
(2006), "Flight simulator to be used in new course", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 78 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2006.12778aab.018
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Flight simulator to be used in new course
Flight simulator to be used in new course
Keywords: Simulation, Aircraft, Research
Brunel University claims to be the first university in the UK to install an engineering flight simulator with a V/STOL capability. The simulator will be used for research purposes as well as a teaching resource for the University's aerospace course and its brand new aviation engineering with pilot studies course.
Brunel will launch its aviation engineering with pilot studies degree in September 2006. The flight simulator will be used to complement time spent by trainee pilots flying single engine propeller aircraft at a local aerodrome, and will be used to teach the students stability and control. In addition, from October 2005, students and researchers on aerospace.
Engineering courses have been able to use the engineering flight simulator to evaluate the performance of aircraft they have designed themselves. The flight software will enable students/ researchers to replicate any subsonic aircraft – from an Airbus A320 to an early model such as a Lancaster or Spitfire.
According to admissions tutor, Petra Godwin from Brunel University's School of Engineering and Design, “This is a significant and exciting investment for Brunel University”. The Engineering Flight Simulator presents a variety of opportunities to different groups of students, postgraduates and academics at Brunel.
“Our students will be able to experience flight control in actual aircraft and try out manoeuvres in the relative safety of a simulator. It is a fantastic resource and elevates Brunel to one of the leading European universities in the aerospace arena”.
The MP521 engineering flight simulator has been supplied by the Merlin Flight Simulation Group, which manufactures of advanced engineering flight simulators for use in Aeronautical Universities.