Evaluation of an integrated electronic instrument display for helicopter hover operations using a six-degree-of-freedom fixed-base simulation

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Ammerman, Larry Richard
Date
1975-03Advisor
Layton, D.M.
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This report discusses the development and evaluation of an integrated
electronic instrument display designed to help alleviate pilot
work load and improve aircraft control during the precision hover task
while flying solely by reference to instruments. The evaluation
utilizes a hybrid computer system to implement a six«degree-of-freedom
fixed-base simulation of the SH-2F helicopter and a graphics processor
to generate the integrated instrument display. Evaluation pilots were
asked to rate the integrated display sgainst conventional flight
instruments after flying a simulated night over-water rescue mission.
The evaluation revealed that the simulated aircraft dynamics were
susceptible to pilot induced oscillations in a hover and, therefore,
unsatisfactory for use as an evaluation tool. In general, the evaluation
pilots considered the integrated display preferable to conventional
cockpit instruments; however, further study is recommended since
meaningful quantitative data were not obtained.
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