A high-performance center for flight simulation has been set up at the Braunschweig Research Airport as part of a joint initiative by DLR and TU Braunschweig. The core topic is research into the dynamic interaction between humans and aircraft. The manageability of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft is to be assessed, especially in borderline situations, such as flying in a highly turbulent atmosphere, with reduced visibility near the ground and in the event of system failures. Other questions concern the role of humans in highly automated flight and research into the training effectiveness of flight simulators.
In order to be able to research operational processes in air traffic there are options for air traffic simulation. In the context of safe and efficient handling of air traffic, new coordination methods can be tried out at the airports of the future.
With the simulator center, the research airport has a first-class unique feature. The unique element compared to existing systems is the modularity (fixed and rotary wing aircraft), as well as the exact fit into the infrastructure of the Braunschweig research airport. The simulator center forms the scientific bridge between the internationally leading skills in flight physics simulations and the flying test vehicles.