A Design Study to Standardize Collective-Stick Controls in U.S. Army Helicopters: A Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Evaluation.

Abstract

The design study was conducted by HEL to standardize collective-stick controls in U.S. Army helicopters. The objective was to formulate a standard which will specify functions and arrangement of switches on collective-stick controls in Army helicopters. Two types of collective-stick controls were developed to meet requirements in all categories of helicopters designed for the U.S. Army. A human factors engineering (HFE) evaluation was done by HEL on functional hard mock-up models representing the general design configuration developed for standardization of collective-stick controls. Results of the HFE test indicate that the configurations developed for standardization is suitable for developing airworthy designs for flight test. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773688

Entities

People

  • Clarence A. Fry
  • Harry R. Stowell

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aircraft
  • Engineering
  • Helicopters
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Science
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.