Since 1969, the Cooper-Harper Rating Scale has been used widely in flight test to qualitatively evaluate the handling qualities of manned aircraft. Within the past decade, the use and popularity of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has expanded into military operations and commercial applications. Therefore, there is a need to understand the handling qualities of these systems when a pilot is required for in-the-loop control. Key differences in flight control systems, autonomous flight capabilities, and overall system latency in unmanned versus manned aircraft necessitate the development of approaches to enhance understanding of these systems. This paper identifies the need for Cooper-Harper evaluations of UAS, highlights the differences between manned and unmanned systems, and provides an approach to determining the Cooper-Harper evaluation of unmanned systems.


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