Modeling and validation of aircraft mathematical models for the development of an innovative Flight Management System

This paper reports the experience of the MAS_Lab (Multipurpose Aircraft Simulation Laboratory) project, developed at the Politecnico di Torino within the Clean Sky ITD Systems for Green Operations. The complete project environment is briefly described and the MAS_Lab tasks are discussed. Modeling design choices are investigated, highlighting those concerning simulator structure and automatic flight control laws; the validation process is described, focusing on the techniques used to assess model accuracy. Examples of results obtained during the validation campaign are presented, with the intention of showing how model validation and autopilot performance are considered satisfactory.