The Optimal Control Pilot Model and Applications,

Abstract

The modeling of the human pilot behavior plays an important role in the preliminary analysis of aircraft handling qualities. This is especially true when the designer is confronted with non-conventional aircraft dynamics, tasks and/or lack of sufficient handling qualities data-base. The present paper reviews one modeling technique which was developed in the early 1970's and has been widely used since then: the optimal control model of the human pilot (OCM). The model has been validated in a number of tasks and used in the analysis as well as the synthesis of manual control loops. The capabilities of the model are evaluated in the pilot rating (PR) prediction, in the analysis and in the synthesis of pilot/vehicle control loops from the handling qualities standpoint. (SDW)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADP005783

Entities

People

  • Mario Innocenti

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Dynamics
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design