A helicopter Terrain-Following/Terrain-Avoidance (TF/TA) system was developed and evaluated using a real-time piloted simulation. The TF/TA system included a guidance algorithm based upon dynamic programming and a head-up display (HUD) concept which incorporates a pathway in the sky, a phantom aircraft, and flightpath vector/predictor symbology. The simulation was conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center Interchangeable Cab (ICAB) Laboratory using NASA test pilots. The pilots performed the TF/TA task by manually tracking the HUD symbology. The pilots were able to satisfactorily perform the TF/TA tasks with an acceptable level of pilot workload.


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    Title :

    Simulation evaluation of helicopter Terrain Following/Terrain Avoidance concepts


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference ; 1988 ; San Jose, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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