This Technical Memorandum describes a preliminary study to assess the basic operational utility and pilot preference for head down primary flight display (PFD) symbology, in order to derive a preferred baseline PFD format for further evaluation. The PFD formats used in this study were based on display formats and symbology developed by Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (B747-400), McDonnell Douglas (MD-11), and concepts developed by the Wright Laboratory Cockpit Integration Division (WL/FIP). The thrust of these assessments was to identify a preferred symbology and display format which was easy to interpret during instrument flight, provided attitude awareness to the pilot during Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), and provided appropriate cues for recovery from unusual attitudes in modern aircraft equipped with glass cockpits. No attempt was made to examine the various display or symbology enhancements needed for weapon delivery or other special mission activities. The resulting primary flight display, which was derived through pilot assessments of alternate formats in the Microprocessor Application of Graphics and Interactive Communication (MAGIC) cockpit, combines preferred features of the various concepts. The resulting baseline Primary Flight Display concept presented here is applicable, but not necessarily limited, to use in a transport or cargo type aircraft.
Preliminary Assessment of Primary Flight Display Symbology for Electro-Optic Head-Down Displays
1991
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Avionics , Human Factors Engineering , Data displays , Aircraft equipment , Electrooptics , Awareness , Cargo , Cockpits , Delivery , Flight , Formats , Glass , Graphics , Instrument flight , Integration , Laboratories , Microprocessors , Missions , Pilots , Recovery , Thrust , Transport , Weapon delivery , Weapons , Head down displays
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