A PROTOTYPE PERIPHERAL VISION AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE DISPLAY

Abstract

An instrument is described for presenting attitude information to the pilot in such a manner that he may maintain an awareness of his attitude through Peripheral Vision without the necessity for looking directly at a specific instrument. The system does this by projecting a line of light on the aircraft instrument panel and moving it in a manner similar to the motion of the real horizon. A design criteria and a detailed engineering description of the working model are also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0648585

Entities

People

  • William R. Williamson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Design Criteria
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Flight Instruments
  • Governments
  • Instrument Flight
  • Instrument Panels
  • Light Sources
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Precision
  • Prototypes
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design