Four-Axis Side-Arm Flight Control Simulator Investigation
Abstract
This report presents the results of the second in a series of investigations to compile a data base on multiaxis side-arm flight controls. The second investigation focused on the effects that wearing a large and relatively bulky chemical and biological protective glove had on the pilots' flight performance, while they were using the multiaxis flight control. Pilots were allowed to adjust the position of the armrest and the controller for individual comfort. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed using three different arrangements of controller and armrest and two levels of clothing. In general, the root-mean-square deviation measure was not able to detect a consistent statistically significant difference between the three levels of controller/armrest arrangement or the two level of clothing across all flight phases at the 5-percent level. This was true for both aircraft performance measures and pilot input measures. There were also no statistically significant interactions detected between these dependent measures. Additional data analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences on individual pilot performance and pilot to dependent measure interaction. Keywords: Flight control systems, Helicopters. (sdw)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA196026
Entities
People
- William B. Debellis
Organizations
- Human Engineering Laboratory