F-15E EADI (Electronic Attitude Director Indicator) Evaluation: A comparison of Three Formats
Abstract
The primary task for any pilot is to maintain attitude awareness and spatial orientation throughout all phases of flight. Even the slightest hesitation or attitude interpretation error during the all intensive low altitude, high speed night mission could rapidly become a catastrophic error. The attitude display must provide an unambiguous presentation of aircraft attitude in a manner which allows the pilot to respond immediately without thinking which way is the shortest path to wings level flight. The present study compared the baseline F-15E electronic attitude display to two other displays: the F-15E display with sky pointer arrows and a 180-degree field-of-view- dimensional display with sky pointer arrows. The results indicated significantly faster decision times for the baseline F-15E display (1.03 seconds) and F-15E display with arrows (1.00 seconds) relative to the three-dimensional display (1. 18 seconds). This difference was present only for the 55-degree nose high attitude conditions. Nose low attitudes were significantly different in decision time. Correct responses using the F-15E display with arrows (90%) were significantly higher than the baseline F-15E display (76%) for nose low attitudes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA206809
Entities
People
- P. B. Lovering
- R. K. Burns