Investigation of Manual Control in Secondary Flight Tracking Tasks.

Abstract

Four radar control configurations were evaluated for a target acquisition and tracking task as part of a research program directed to control simplification. Control variables included type of control action (displacement or force), location (integrated into throttles or independent), and personal equipment (gloves or no gloves). The four controls were compared for a simulated air-to-ground weapons delivery mission with two navigation segments and a target tracking phase. Sixteen pilots served as subjects in the study. The experimental task was performed in a part-task simulator, employing a PDP-12 general purpose digital computer, a fixed-base crew station configured to resemble an attack aircraft, and the necessary interface software and equipment. Target acquisition and tracking data, time-on-target, and flight command deviations for pitch and roll attitude and airspeed control were recorded. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766070

Entities

People

  • James G. Curtin
  • John H. Emery
  • Thomas G. Drennen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Simulators
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Tracking
  • Vehicle Equipment

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Robotics and Automation.