Visual and Part-Task Manipulations for Teaching Simulated Carrier Landings.

Abstract

A quasi-transfer-of-training study was conducted with 36 flight-naive subjects to investigate a segmentation method of part-task training, and two methods of visual augmentation, for teaching simulated carrier landings. One visual enhancement involved adding two types of descent rate information (designated RATE and COMMAND) to the FLOLS display. The experimental sequence consisted of 30 training trials with instructional feedback under a particular experimental condition, followed by 30 test trials with no instructional feedback under the criterion condition (whole task with conventional and small FLOLS). Possibly the most important finding of this study is that transfer from a large to a small FLOLS has no general detrimental effects. The fact that a larger FLOLS can provide satisfactory training will permit a less expensive approach to simulating the FLOLS. A possible difficulty with AOA control in early transfer was noted, but sufficient care in training should overcome this potential problem. Keywords: Simulation; Visual landing aids; Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System; Flight training; and Augmented displays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153622

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People

  • D. J. Sheppard

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Applied Psychology
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Naval Training
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Devices

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  • Education

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  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.