A fixed-base simulation was performed to identify and quantify interactions between the pilot's hand/arm neuromuscular subsystem and such control system features of typical modern fighter aircraft roll rate command mechanizations as: (1) force versus displacement sensing side-stick type manipulator, (2) feel force/displacement gradient, (3) feel system versus command prefilter dynamic lag, and (4) flight control system effective time delay. The experiment encompassed some 48 manipulator/filter/aircraft configurations. Displacement side-stick experiment results are given and compared with the previous force sidestick experiment results. Attention is focused on control bandwidth, excitement (peaking) of the neuromuscular mode, feel force/displacement gradient effects, time delay effects, etc. Section 5 is devoted to experiments with a center-stick in which force versus displacement sensing, feel system lag, and command prefilter lag influences on tracking performance and pilot preference are investigated.
Design Considerations of Manipulator and Feel System Characteristics in Roll Tracking
1988
240 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Human Factors Engineering , Flight control , Man machine systems , Manipulators , Pilot performance , Roll , Arm (Anatomy) , Control sticks , Control systems design , Controllers , Design analysis , Flight characteristics , Neurophysiology , Sensorimotor performance , Touch , Tracking (Position) , Human reactions , Rates (Per time) , Simulation , Time lag , Fighter aircraft