The effect of night vision devices and degraded visual imagery on self-attitude perception is unknown. Thirteen Army aviators with normal vision flew five flights under various visual conditions in a modified AH-1 (Cobra) helicopter. Subjects estimated their altitude or flew to specified altitudes while flying a series of maneuvers. The results showed that subjects were better at detecting and controlling changes in altitude than they were at flying to or naming a specific altitude. In cruise flight and descent, the subjects tended to fly above the desired altitude, an error in the safe direction. While hovering, the direction of error was less predictable. In the low-level cruise flight scenario tested in this study, altitude perception was affected more by changes in image resolution than by changes in FOV or ocularity.


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    Title :

    Helicopter pilot estimation of self-altitude in a degraded visual environment


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays V ; 2000 ; Orlando,FL,USA


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2000-06-23





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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