DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE SPATIAL ORIENTATION TRAINER

Abstract

Spatial disorientation continues to cause at least 4% of the aircraft accidents in the Air Force. At the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, the Spatial Orientation Trainer has been designed to help eliminate such accidents. The more deadly of the vestibular illusions of flight (namely, the Coriolis illusion, the oculogravic illusion, and the graveyard spin) can be reproduced and used to stress the pilot while he is performing a simulated mission in the trainer. Such exposure gives him practice in overcoming the sensory conflicts that result in disorientation and practice in proper aircraft control in spite of disorientation. The methods by which the illusions of flight are to be produced and the criteria upon which effectiveness of the trainer is to be judged are discussed in detail.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0665840

Entities

People

  • Frederick G. Collins
  • Kent K. Gillingham
  • Patrick J. Dowd
  • Robert L. Cramer

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Angular Motion
  • Attitude Indicators
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Indicators
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space