TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents the results of Pilot Assisting Module research performed on two light aircraft flight simulators developed in parallel at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, and Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland. The first simulator was designed as an open platform for the verification and validation of the advanced pilot/aircraft interface systems and inherited its appearance from the cockpit section of the Evektor SportStar. The second flight simulator, the XM-15, has been built around the cockpit of a unique agriculture jet Belfegor. It introduced a system architecture that supports scientific simulations of various aircraft types and configurations, making it suitable for conceptual testing of Pilot Assisting Module. The XM-15 was initially designed to support research on advanced flight control systems, but due to its continuing modernization it evolved into a hardware-in-the-loop test-bed for electromechanical actuators and autopilot CAN based controller blocks. Pilot-in-the-loop experiments of proposed Pilot Assisting Module revealed favorable operational scenarios, under which the proposed system reduces the cockpit workload during single pilot operations. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/84486/PDF/01_paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/84486 PY - 2011 IS - No 3 EP - 289 DO - 10.2478/v10180-011-0018-2 KW - light aircraft KW - flight simulator KW - user interface KW - advanced flight control KW - primary control display KW - hardware-in-the-loop KW - electromechanical actuator KW - control laws A1 - Chudy, Peter A1 - Rzucidlo, Pawel PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building VL - vol. 58 DA - 2011 T1 - Simulators for pilot assisting module of advanced light aircraft concept SP - 275 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/84486 T2 - Archive of Mechanical Engineering ER -