Aerospace Simulation and Propulsion Lab
The Aerospace Simulation and Propulsion Laboratory provides hands-on experience of aircraft design and performance, using state-of-the-art flight simulators.
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In this lab students can look at flight performance and stability, and test flying aircraft to determine their suitability for commercial or military purposes.
They will get the rare opportunity to access a working jet engine, complete with simulator bench that allows changes in throttle position, altitude and temperature to be accurately modelled.
What equipment is in the lab?
- 5 Merlin static flight simulators for aircraft design
- 10 X-Plane flight simulators for flight control and navigation
- 20 Wren jet engines to take apart and analyse and one cutaway variant
- A GUNT ET 796 jet engine test bench
- A Price Induction jet engine simulator bench
- Rolls-Royce Gnome turboshaft engine loaned from Rolls-Royce Heritage
- 6 Cussons P9080 Compressor Rigs