Analytical display design for flight tasks conducted under instrument meteorological conditions. [human factors engineering of pilot performance for display device design in instrument landing systems]
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Authors
Hess, R.A.
Subjects
DESIGN ANALYSIS
DISPLAY DEVICES
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS
PILOT PERFORMANCE
ALGORITHMS
COCKPITS
CONTROL THEORY
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
FLIGHT CONTROL
FLIGHT SIMULATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE
DISPLAY DEVICES
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS
PILOT PERFORMANCE
ALGORITHMS
COCKPITS
CONTROL THEORY
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
FLIGHT CONTROL
FLIGHT SIMULATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE
Advisors
Date of Issue
1976-08
Date
Aug 01, 1976
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Abstract
Paramount to proper utilization of electronic displays is a method for determining pilot-centered display requirements. Display design should be viewed fundamentally as a guidance and control problem which has interactions with the designer's knowledge of human psychomotor activity. From this standpoint, reliable analytical models of human pilots as information processors and controllers can provide valuable insight into the display design process. A relatively straightforward, nearly algorithmic procedure for deriving model-based, pilot-centered display requirements was developed and is presented. The optimal or control theoretic pilot model serves as the backbone of the design methodology, which is specifically directed toward the synthesis of head-down, electronic, cockpit display formats. Some novel applications of the optimal pilot model are discussed. An analytical design example is offered which defines a format for the electronic display to be used in a UH-1H helicopter in a landing approach task involving longitudinal and lateral degrees of freedom.
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Technical Report
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Organization
Ames Research Center
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Funder
RTOP 513-54-01
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.