The Aeroload Simulation System - sometimes referred to as a fin loader - is a general-purpose
test instrument that can produce a wide range of rotary position motion, and/or
active dynamic torque, to simulate loads that control surfaces, such as fins, experience
during missile flight. Many customers use this equipment in conjunction with a multi-axis
Flight Motion Simulator, to complete a hardware-in-the-loop test suite for their
guidance system article(s).
Accurate and reliable motion control of the Aeroload Simulation System is achieved
with a servo-controlled system consisting of direct-drive hydraulic actuators or
electric motors and precision optical encoders. The flight motion table is designed
to provide optimum dynamic performance when integrated with Ideal’s
AERO 4000™ digital motion control system.