The Aeronautical Design Standard 33 (ADS-33) prescribes a set of manoeuvres and limits for assessing the handling qualities of military rotorcraft. In developing an ADS-33 maritime addendum, the Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trial Unit (AMAFTU) and Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have collaboratively worked towards the definition for a maritime hover manoeuvre. Initial testing to validate this proposed manoeuvre in the DSTO Air Operations Simulation Centre (AOSC) flight simulator has proved problematic. Although pilots could successfully complete a land-based hover within performance limits in the flight simulator, they experienced difficulty in maritime conditions. Pilots were unable to perceive small distance changes in the AOSC simulated maritime environment in some conditions.


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    Title :

    Distance Discrimination Thresholds During Flight Simulation in a Maritime Environment


    Contributors:
    J. Parker (author)

    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    36 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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