FLIGHT SIMULATOR STUDY OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE DURING LOW-ALTITUDE, HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT

Abstract

An investigation of the influence of low-altitude high-speed flight conditions on inflight operator performance of surveillance-centered tasks is reported. Six Army pilots and four Army observers ''flew'' approximately 278 hours on simulated three-hour missions involving five RMS gust intensity levels and two airspeeds. The flights were made in a moving-base simulator that had a total travel of approximately 12 feet, an acceleration capability of = 6 G, a functional control system, and an associated analog computer for obtaining solutions to equations of motion of a mechanized aircraft. Data were analyzed in terms of human performance aspects of the missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0429114

Entities

People

  • Harve E. Rawson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Simulators
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Psychology
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation