Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training and Helmet-Mounted Visual Display Configuration Comparisons

Abstract

This effort compared five flight simulator visual display configurations using a simulated aerial refueling task. The configurations were (a) a helmet-mounted stereoscopic display with a 40 deg field of view (FOV), (b) a helmet-mounted biocular display with a 40 deg FOV, (c) the full Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training (ASPT) 300 FOV, (d) the ASPT visual display masked to present a 40 deg FOV, and (e) lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) googles (stereoscopic) using one ASPT window. Performance of pilots using the different display configurations was observed. The results indicated that horizontal position was maintained better with the wide-FOV ASPT display and that boom movement was minimized with the stereoscopic display. Keywords: Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training; flight simulation; helmet-mounted; PLZT goggles; and visual displays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA155326

Entities

People

  • Alex Shaw
  • David C. Hubbard
  • Robert R. Woodruff

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Classification
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Human Resources
  • Instructors
  • Lanthanum
  • Optics
  • Questionnaires
  • Refueling
  • Refueling In Flight
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Tanker Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.