An ongoing exploratory development program on visual performance and control in high-speed low-altitude flight is being conducted by the Human Engineering Division of the Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. This paper begins with a discussion of the necessity of vision for low-altitude flight; proceeds to an analysis of objectives, strategies, and issues in designing a comprehensive research program; presents an overview of several experiments in support of the effort; and ends with a discussion of perceptual information. One of the simulator experiments involves the use of a non-mimetic task, flying at a zero altitude in the presence of strong gusts, in an effort to maximize adaptation to the low-altitude environment. Implications for simulator use are discussed. Keywords: Visual perception, Low-altitude flight, Flight simulation, Active control, Human performance, Reprints. (sdw)


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    Title :

    Visual Perception in High-Speed Low-Altitude Flight


    Contributors:
    R. Warren (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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