The Development of Instrument Software for PC-Based Flight Simulator

• Main Authors: Xu, Zheng-Wen, 許政文
• Other Authors: Zhuang, Zhi-Qing
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21057100366798399959

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 電機工程研究所 === 84 === The purpose of this research is to develop a flight instrument software for a PC-based flight simulator which has been emphasized gradually over the past year in our country. A generalized software to visualize the behavior of a flight simulator through cockpit instruments are designed and developed. The thesis uses two programming languages, LabVIEW and C language running on Windows operating system and DOS system, respectively, to simulate aircraft instruments which include airspeed indicator, Machmeter, altimeter, rate of climb indicator, attitude director indicator(ADI), and horizontal situation indicator(HSI) and control panel of an airplane. We also apply the animation technology and mouse function to raise its reality and interactive ability. Moreover, the flight instrument software is also integrated with navigation system data, air-data computer system data, and aircraft database to achieve flight simulation function. Finally, three flight modes are simulated, which are ''Constant Climb Angle Mode'''', ''''OFF Mode'''', and ''''HDG Mode'''',respectively.