TRACKING PERFORMANCE AS AFFECTED BY THE POSITION OF THE ATTITUDE DISPLAY

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine if the position of an attitude display with reference to the orientation of the subject and the position of the control stick affected performance. PerformANCE WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED WHEN THE DISPLAY WAS ROTATIONALLY OFFSET 45 DEGREES FROM A LINE PASSING THROUGH THE SUBJECT'S BODY AND THE CONTROL STICK, AS COMPARED TO THE CONDITION WHERE THE DISPLAY WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0273967

Entities

People

  • Claude B. Elam
  • Jack Emery
  • W. G. Matheny

Organizations

  • Bell Flight

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Analog Computers
  • Army Aviation
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Control Sticks
  • Government Procurement
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Helicopters
  • Instrumentation
  • Machines
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Robotics and Automation.