Test and Evaluation of the Army's CH-47 Helicopter Flight Simulator,
Abstract
This report gives an overview of the Army's current efforts to test and evaluate the prototype CH-47 Helicopter Flight Simulator (CH47FS). This effort includes a combined development and operational test (DT/OT II) and a Cost and Training Effectiveness Analysis (CTEA). The CH47FS is the first prototype of the Army's new generation flight simulators with six degrees of freedom motion system which incorporate a video camera/terrain board visual system. The current evaluation represents a significant advance in the procedures and methods for validation of the Army's stated flight simulator requirements. During the operational test, transfer of training experiments will be conducted for both institutional and unit pilot training, and objective and subjective training effectiveness data will be collected. The CTEA, using data generated by the test, will evaluate the simulator cost and training effectiveness for various training packages, defined in terms of the extent of substitution of aircraft by simulator in pilot training. A Basis of Issue Plan (BOIP) model for flight simulators, based on mathematical programming techniques, will be developed, and a proposed BOIP for the CH47FS prepared as part of the CTEA. The report lists operational and technical issues for additional evaluation of flight simulators. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 18, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA036159
Entities
People
- Juri Toomepuu