In-Flight Performance of Civilian Pilots Using Moving-Aircraft and Moving-Horizon Attitude Indicators

Abstract

The in-flight performance of civilian instrument-rated pilots using two different types of attitude indicators in a general aviation aircraft was measured during typical instrument flying maneuvers. The instruments were an inside-out (moving-horizon) indicator and an outside-in (moving aircraft) indicator. The subjects were divided into low and high experience groups. The results of the study differ in some degree with those of some recent ground- based studies which used the same two concepts of attitude presentation. However, one result of the in-flight study agreed with many of the previous studies; low time pilots exhibited a narrower range of pitch excursions with the outside-in (moving aircraft) attitude indicator than they did with the inside- out (moving horizon) indicator. When combined with the authors' observations of a head-horizon tilt phenomenon relating to both humans and animals, the results of this study suggest the usefulness of a new concept for the design of the attitude indicator display. A new concept is described in the report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773450

Entities

People

  • A. Howard Hasbrook
  • Paul G. Rasmussen

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Attitude Indicators
  • Civilian Pilots
  • Control Sticks
  • Control Systems
  • Errors
  • Flight
  • Flight Instruments
  • General Aviation Aircraft
  • Ground Based
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Indicators
  • Instrument Panels
  • Level Flight

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).