A Safety Evaluation of the Relocation of the ACM (Air Combat Maneuver) Panel in the F-14 ( )/AIP (Avionics Integration Program).

Abstract

A goal of the F-14 Avionics Integration Program (AIP) is to increase the field-of-view of the pilot's Head-up Display (HUD). One way to accomplish this would be to move the HUD closer to the pilot. However, if this were done, the Air Combat Maneuvering Panel (ACM), which is located on the face of the HUD housing, would either intrude, by approximately 1.25 inches, into the ejection envelope or the ACM panel functions would have to be redistributed throughout the F-14 cockpit. A computer simulation of ejection clearance was performed using a digitized representation of the F-14 cockpit with the relocated HUD. This study was complemented by three live subject ejection tower tests using a foam board representation of the revised ACM panel position. Both the analytical study and the tower tests indicate that the relocation of the ACM panel poses little risk of causing interference during ejection. However, extensive testing, using optimum fidelity seat performance and simulated cockpit structure, would be required to qualify the revised configuration if this option were to be implemented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149596

Entities

People

  • G. Frisch
  • Katherine E. Miller

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Catapults
  • Cockpits
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Ejection Seats
  • Engineering
  • Escape Systems
  • Geometry
  • Instrument Panels
  • Instrumentation
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Relocation
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Sets

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).