With the increasingly complex aircraft entering the Air Force inventory, the pilot must perform the additional time consuming functions of monitoring and managing the aircraft systems, greatly adding to his workload and potentially decreasing his performance effectiveness. The flight control system designer must integrate the pilot with the vehicle earlier in the design process to ameliorate the pilot's workload. The aircraft's cockpit displays have a major role in the success or failure of this relationship due to mission requirements and the large amount of information required by the pilot. In situations where the pilot relies on cockpit displays for command or control information, the flight control system designer is in a position to define the dynamics of the displays to enhance the pilot's performance and workload. Flight Dynamics Laboratory research investigating pursuit display dynamics, identifying characteristic parameters and determining what values for these parameters aid the pilot has produced some preliminary results. Although still in its early stages, results of this research show certain cockpit pursuit display parameters do greatly influence the pilot's performance and workload. These results suggest the flight control designer should incorporate this information earlier in the preliminary aircraft design process.
Impact of display dynamics on flying qualities
Einfluss der Display Dynamik auf die Flugqualitaet
1986
6 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 8 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
On deciding display dynamics requirements for flying qualities
Tema Archiv | 1988
|AIAA | 1986
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