Evaluation Abilities and Requirements of the Wind Tunnel Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation for Evaluation of Missiles’ Flight Control Systems

Abstract

In order to determine the flight control system (FCS) performances that wind tunnel hardware-in-the-loop simulation (WT-HILS) can evaluate, and lay foundations for designing the WT-HILS evaluation methods, the evaluation abilities and requirements of WT-HILS for FCS evaluation were analyzed. Firstly, the features of WT-HILS were pointed out. Then, according to the features of WT-HILS, what FCS performances WT-HILS can evaluate were analyzed, and the differences of evaluation abilities among the WT-HILS, the traditional hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS), and flight tests were compared. Lastly, from the aspects of testing, data processing, and FCS performance determination, the specific requirements of WT-HILS for evaluating FCS were analyzed.