Why does a university engineering department need a flight simulator?
Well, we teach our students to design advanced engineering systems, particularly in software design and control system design. The flight simulator provides an excellent real-time non-linear system for students to work on. If they make a mistake, there’s no blood on the floor. In companies such as Boeing, Airbus and BAES, engineers use a range of simulation tools for system design, including engineering flight simulators, so we try to give our students some exposure to industrial design practices.
