A Laser Image Generation System for Helicopter Nap-of-the-Earth Flight Training,

Abstract

The training effectiveness of the camera-modelboard visual system for low-altitude, nap-of-the-earth (NOE) flights, particularly for helicopters, is well established. Traditional camera-modelboard technology, however, has a number of inherent limitations which have been overcome by using a laser image generator instead of a TV camera as in the current generation of camera-modelboard systems. The first full-scale Laser Image Generation (LIG) visual system, developed by Singer-Link under the AH-lS Cobra Helicopter Flight Weapons Simulator contract, will be delivered to the U.S. Army in the near future. This new visual system offers improvements in many areas, some of which are discussed in this paper, together with the visual system technology involved and performance parameters achieved on the AH-lS simulator. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 1983
Accession Number
ADP003481

Entities

People

  • H. M. Tong

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Altitude
  • Contracts
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Education
  • Elevation
  • Flight Training
  • Generators
  • Helicopters
  • Low Altitude
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Teaching Methods
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Vehicle Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy