Helicopter Pilot Scan Techniques During Low-Altitude High-Speed Flight

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Kirby, Christopher E.
Kennedy, Quinn
Yang, Ji Hyun
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visual scan
low level flight
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helicopter
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2014-07
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This study examined pilots ’ visual scan patterns during a simulated high-speed, low-level flight and how their scan rates related to flight performance. As helicopters become faster and more agile, pilots are expected to navigate at low altitudes while traveling at high speeds. A pilot ’ s ability to interpret information from a combination of visual sources determines not only mission success, but also aircraft and crew survival.
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Results in this paper were presented at the 2013 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, August 19 – 22, 2013.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/43663
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This work was funded by the Naval Modeling Simulation Office (NMSO).
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Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, July 2014, Volume 85, Issue 7, pp. 740 – 744.
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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.
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