Applied Physics and Mathematics Annotation << Back METHOD OF SIMULATION IN FLIGHT TESTS OF AIRCRAFT S.V. NIKOLAEV The article presents the method of simulation modeling, developed to solve actual applied problems arising in the process of flight testing of modern and prospective aviation complexes. The method has proved itself well with scientific and methodological support and research of various stages of the target tasks solved by the test object. The method is to create and use a system of models for the functioning of aviation complexes and their components in the MATLAB - Simulink. Elements of technology for creating models are shown and the use of the method of simulation models in the practice of flight tests on various examples is illustrated. An additional advantage of the method is the visualization of the simulated processes. The adequacy of the developed models is confi rmed by the convergence of simulation results and flight experiments. Key words: simulation, flight tests, aviation systems, mathematical model, identifi cation of aerodynamic characteristics. Contacts: E-mail: nikozavr@mail.ru Pp. 57-68.