Hardware-in-the-loop flight motion simulation of flexible variable sweep aircraft

Purpose This paper aims to propose an improved and computationally efficient motion simulation of a flexible variable sweep aircraft. Design/methodology/approach The motion simulation is performed on hardware-in-the-loop simulation setup using 6 degree-of-freedom motion platform. The dynamic model of a flexible variable sweep aircraft, Rockwell B-1 Lancer is presented using equations of motions for combined rigid and flexible motions. The peak...