Ames Simulation Laboratories - NASA
Jul 26, 2023 · Explore each of NASA Ames Research Center's simulation facilities. Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) FutureFlight Central (FFC) Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility (CVSRF) Air Traffic Control (ATC) Labs.
Interactive Simulations | Glenn Research Center | NASA
Jul 17, 2024 · The objective of this simulation is to find the flight conditions that produce an aircraft lift greater than the aircraft weight. You will be determining ...
Flight Simulation Facilities - NASA
Sep 27, 2023 · NASA Langley Research Center Flight Simulation Facilities (FSF) provide real-time, high-fidelity, full-mission, human-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop capabilities to replicate as accurately as possible the control systems of air and space vehicles.
What is the Vertical Motion Simulator? - NASA
Jun 6, 2023 · The Vertical Motion Simulator is the world’s largest motion flight simulator, moving within a ten-story tower at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The cab can move as much as 60 feet vertically and 40 feet horizontally as it simulates all phases of flight, including takeoff, cruise and landing.
NASA Ames Aviation Systems Division: VMS Main
Apr 5, 2017 · At NASA Ames Research Center, in California’s Silicon Valley, scientists conduct advanced research in a unique flight simulation complex. The facility provides researchers with exceptional tools to explore, define, and solve issues in both aircraft and spacecraft design.
NASA Ames Aviation Systems Division: Facilities & Capabilities Main
Dec 16, 2020 · The Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) is a unique flight simulation complex that provides researchers with exceptional tools to explore, define, and solve issues in both aircraft and spacecraft design. It offers fast and cost-effective solutions using real-time piloted simulation, realistic sensory cues, and the greatest motion range of any ...
Propulsion Systems Laboratory | Glenn Research Center | NASA
Feb 11, 2024 · The Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) is NASA’s only ground-based test facility that provides true flight simulation for experimental research on air-breathing propulsion systems. The PSL has recently added the capability to simulate clouds of …
NASA Ames Aviation Systems Division: Organization
Jul 1, 2024 · For high-fidelity flight simulation, the division operates the world's largest flight simulator (the Vertical Motion Simulator), a Level-D 747-400 simulator, and a panoramic air traffic control tower simulator.
A recent experiment at NASA Ames Research Center’s Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) successfully combined a real-time, human in-the-loop architecture with the flexibility of operating in the Simulink® graphical model-based engineering environment.
The SHARP-1 study was conducted in the Research Flight Deck in the Cockpit Motion Facility at the NASA Langley Research Center. The simulator has full-mission, Level D type capabilities with the flight deck displays emulating a B-787, but with a B-757 aerodynamic model, and with sidestick controls