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history and valid outcomes. This must include comparisons of predicted and flight
test validated data.
b. Airplane manufacturers or other acceptable data suppliers seeking to use an engineering simulator for simulation validation
data as an alternative to flight-test derived
validation data, must contact the NSPM and
provide the following:
(1) A description of the proposed aircraft
changes, a description of the proposed simulation model changes, and the use of an integral configuration management process,
including a description of the actual simulation model modifications that includes a
step-by-step description leading from the
original model(s) to the current model(s).
(2) A schedule for review by the NSPM of
the proposed plan and the subsequent validation data to establish acceptability of the
proposal.
(3) Validation data from an audited engineering simulator/simulation to supplement
specific segments of the flight test data.
c. To be qualified to supply engineering
simulator validation data, for aerodynamic,
engine, flight control, or ground handling
models, an airplane manufacturer or other
acceptable data supplier must:
(1) Be able to verify their ability able to:
(a) Develop and implement high fidelity
simulation models; and
(b) Predict the handling and performance
characteristics of an airplane with sufficient
accuracy to avoid additional flight test activities for those handling and performance
characteristics.
(2) Have an engineering simulator that:
(a) Is a physical entity, complete with a
flight deck representative of the simulated
class of airplane;
(b) Has controls sufficient for manual
flight;
(c) Has models that run in an integrated
manner;
(d) Has fully flight-test validated simulation models as the original or baseline simulation models;
(e) Has an out-of-the-flight deck visual system;
(f) Has actual avionics boxes interchangeable with the equivalent software simulations to support validation of released software;
(g) Uses the same models as released to the
training community (which are also used to
produce stand-alone proof-of-match and
checkout documents);
(h) Is used to support airplane development
and certification; and
(i) Has been found to be a high fidelity representation of the airplane by the manufacturer-s pilots (or other acceptable data supplier), certificate holders, and the NSPM.
(3) Use the engineering simulator/simulation to produce a representative set of integrated proof-of-match cases.

(4) Use a configuration control system covering hardware and software for the operating components of the engineering simulator/simulation.
(5) Demonstrate that the predicted effects
of the change(s) are within the provisions of
sub-paragraph  - a -  of this section, and confirm that additional flight test data are not
required.
d. Additional Requirements for Validation
Data
(1) When used to provide validation data,
an engineering simulator must meet the simulator standards currently applicable to
training simulators except for the data package.
(2) The data package used must be:
(a) Comprised of the engineering predictions derived from the airplane design, development, or certification process;
(b) Based on acceptable aeronautical principles with proven success history and valid
outcomes for aerodynamics, engine operations, avionics operations, flight control applications, or ground handling;
(c) Verified with existing flight-test data;
and
(d) Applicable to the configuration of a
production airplane, as opposed to a flighttest airplane.
(3) Where engineering simulator data are
used as part of a QTG, an essential match
must exist between the training simulator
and the validation data.
(4) Training flight simulator(s) using these
baseline and modified simulation models
must be qualified to at least internationally
recognized standards, such as contained in
the ICAO Document 9625, the  - Manual of Criteria for the Qualification of Flight Simulators. - 
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a. Non-Flight-Test Tolerances
(1) If engineering simulator data or other
non-flight-test data are used as an allowable
form of reference validation data for the objective tests listed in Table A2A of this attachment, the data provider must supply a
well-documented mathematical model and
testing procedure that enables a replication
of the engineering simulation results within
40% of the corresponding flight test tolerances.
b. Background
(1) The tolerances listed in Table A2A of
this attachment are designed to measure the

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