Human Factors Affecting Pilot Performance in Vertical and Translational Instrument Flight

Abstract

A conceptual analysis and review of human factors problems in piloting VTOL aircraft including helicopters is presented. VTOL mission and flight requirements are contrasted with those of CTOLs. Deficiencies in present VTOL flight instrumentation are detailed. The requirement that information regarding ground-referenced and airmass-referenced position in all six degrees of freedom be presented to the VTOL pilot and/or incorporated into positional control stabilization is stated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA118345

Entities

People

  • J. C. Hull
  • Louis Corl
  • Paul M. Simon
  • Stanley N. Roscoe

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Geography
  • Guidance
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Supersonic Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design