Experimental design of a piloted helicopter off-axis-tracking simulation using a helmet mounted display.
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Hopkins, Gerald J.
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1987-09Advisor
Bodapati, Satya
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Bennett, C. Thomas
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The development of target tracking weaponry on the
Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) allows directional
tracking with FLIR imagery at large angles from the
longitudinal axis. A flight simulation using a helmet
mounted display was conducted to quantify head tracking
performance and to identify off -axis tracking limits for the
aircraft's Pilot Night Vision Sensor. The experimental
parameters included varying flight trajectories (hover,
rectilinear, and curvilinear paths) and the target velocities
and ranges. This paper details the design efforts in creating
tracking scenarios in the simulator and the head tracking
algorithms used to generate command profiles for perfect
line of sight tracking performance. Confidence in the
algorithms for tracking data calculations was essential to
experimental conclusions on human tracking behavior and
performance. The successful attempt to replicate the night
vision system of the AAH is also discussed.
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