Crew Station Design Facility Feasibility Study.
Abstract
This report addresses the feasibility of a new and unique facility capable of simulating the total range of lighting conditions experienced in military aircraft crew stations during operational flight. The facility would provide a means for evaluating the impact of extreme illumination levels on the legibility of displays and instruments/panel lighting systems to be incorporated in advanced crew stations. This facility would interface with the flight simulation test facilities already established at the Flight Control Development Laboratory at WPAFB. At the beginning of this effort, two baseline lighting simulation systems were selected for development. One configuration uses an opaque dome shaped lighting enclosure with internal sky illumination sources. The other configuration uses a translucent enclosure with external sky illumination sources. Techniques for simulating air-to-air and air-to-ground visual effects, terrain, and motion simulation were investigated for each baseline configuration. The principal conclusion of this study is that real levels of sky and sun luminance, colors and color shading can be simulated and controlled (with some limitations) utilizing the translucent dome lighting enclousre with external sky illumination sources. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA078134
Entities
People
- S. Lacarrubba
Organizations
- Grumman