Abstract

An aircraft cabin is – apart from interactions with the cabin crew – the most important interface between an airline and its passengers. The Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF) of the Technische Universität Braunschweig developed and built a full-scale aircraft cabin section comprising the structure and electronic systems of a short- to medium-haul single-aisle commercial aircraft. In this paper, we describe the ongoing work of setting up the cabin simulation and the developed solutions to a variety of technical challenges. We present our structural hard- and software architecture focusing on high realism or plausibility while maintaining a high flexibility in the design for future developments. By means of two more detailed examples – an outside view simulation system and an interconnection network for the simulation environment – we show our approach.