New HWIL motion system developments

John M. Carter

doi:10.1117/12.438071

31 August 2001 New HWIL motion system developments

John M. Carter

Proceedings Volume 4366, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438071
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Performance and payload capacity requirements for hardware- in-the-loop motion systems have been growing. This paper describes several new systems that have advanced the state- of-the-art. A Four-Axis, electrically driven system weights 50 tons, has a 20,000-pound payload capacity, and approaches 1-arc second pointing accuracy. Several new hydraulic Five- Axis Flight Motion Simulators (FMS) have larger payload and increased acceleration/bandwidths. An environmentally hardened three-axis open range FMS will be installed atop a 300-foot tower. A new dual-target motion system installed at DERA in the UK is 56 feet wide, 41 feet tall, and has a 12- meter target radius. An electric Five-Axis FMS is under construction for the ballistic missile defense program. This machine will have continuous displacement on the three UUT axes and inner target axis, and achieves high dynamic and pointing accuracy with a 32-kg, 63-cm diameter payload. A new state-space controller has been developed for all Carco simulators.

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John M. Carter "New HWIL motion system developments", Proc. SPIE 4366, Technologies for Synthetic Environments: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing VI, (31 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438071

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