See Your Design Come to Life

The Merlin Flight Simulator Lab comprises the flagship 521 engineering flight simulator and instructor station, a UAV desktop station enabling flight in the same airspace as the 521, and an air traffic control station.

Merlin Flight Simulator Lab

• Provides a rich, hands-on, fun learning environment in aerospace
• Demonstrates how airplanes move in three-dimensional space
• Initiates aero students into the world of airplanes and flying in an inspirational and transformational manner
• Demonstrates basic aerodynamic, propulsion, flight dynamic, structural and design principles through hands-on interaction
• Provides study/experience on the complexities of aircraft flight dynamics and controls
• Explores fundamental air vehicle design parameters through immediate physical feedback
• Closes the loop on the air vehicle conceptual sizing process by trying to fly the plane you've designed