The Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS), Ground Collision Avoidance System (GCAS), waypoint navigation system (NAV) and Control & Display Unit (CDU) are demonstration avionics software modules designed to showcase basic automated flight control functionalities for manned aircraft. This project serves as a toy example to illustrate concepts related to flight control systems.
This software is intended for educational purpose only.
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Automated Control: The AFDS offers basic automated control of the aircraft's altitude, heading, and velocity, providing a simplified representation of flight management capabilities.
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Demonstration: While the AFDS provides a functional demonstration of automated flight control, it is not intended for practical use in real-world aircraft. It serves as a learning tool and a starting point for further exploration and experimentation.
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Components tests: Tests of the AFDS, GCAS and NAV components.
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Flight Dynamic Model: For simulation there is a choice of using the supplied FDM or using Microsoft Flight Simulator as external FDM.
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Ada implementation: The AFDS and NAV modules are written in Ada, the NAV module is in C.
