Flight Dynamics

Staff: Dr David Anderson, Dr Stewart Houston, Dr Euan McGookin and Dr Douglas Thomson

The Division of Aerospace Sciences has extensive expertise in a wide range of areas associated with the simulation and analysis of flight vehicles.  Rotorcraft flight mechanics has been a particular expertise for a number of years, and this has given the legacy of mature and well validated simulations which continue to support high quality research in areas such as advanced rotorcraft configurations and pilot/rotorcraft coupling. 

Facilities supporting our research include a fully instrumented autogyro aircraft, a flight simulator and wind tunnels.