For non-professional and recreational simulators, see Flight simulation video game. For air combat simulation games, see Combat flight simulation game. For the video game series published by Microsoft, see Microsoft Flight Simulator. For all other uses, see Flight simulator (disambiguation).
F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the USS Independence aircraft carrier
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes. It includes replicating the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of flight controls, the effects of other aircraft systems, and how the aircraft reacts to external factors such as air density, turbulence, wind shear, cloud, precipitation, etc. Flight simulation is used for a variety of reasons, including flight training (mainly of pilots), the design and development of the aircraft itself, and research into aircraft characteristics and control handling qualities.[1]
The term "flight simulator" may carry slightly different meaning in general language and technical documents. In past regulations, it referred specifically to devices which can closely mimic the behavior of aircraft throughout various procedures and flight conditions.[2] In more recent definitions, this has been named "full flight simulator".[3] The more generic term "flight simulation training device" (FSTD) is used to refer to different kinds of flight training devices, and that corresponds more closely to meaning of the phrase "flight simulator" in general English.[4]
^Federal Aviation Administration (25 April 2013). "FAR 121 Subpart N—Training Program". Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^"AC 120-40 Airplane Simulator and Visual System Evaluation" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration.
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^"Definition of flight simulator from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus". Cambridge University Press.
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