Human Factors Evaluation of Several Control System Configurations Including Work Load Sharing with Force Wheel Steering During Approach and Flare.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance and workload characteristics of six types of aircraft control system configurations during simulated IFR approaches. The six types were, (1) manual ILS, (2) manual approach with flight director, (3) semi-automatic approach with flight director in which the pitch, roll, and yaw axes of the autopilot were controlled by the pilot through force wheel steering, (4) and (5) two workload sharing approaches with force wheel steering and flight directors where, in one case, the pilot controlled pitch and power while the co-pilot controlled roll and yaw and, in the other case, the roles of the pilot and co-pilot were interchanged, and finally (6) a fully automatic approach.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA014836

Entities

People

  • Mark S. Crabtree

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Entry Control Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Steering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.