IN-FLIGHT PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN PILOTS USING MOVING-AIRCRAFT AND MOVING-HORIZON ATTITUDE INDICATORS

The in-flight performance of civilian instrument-rated pilots using two different types of attitude indicators in a general aviation aircraft was measured during typical instrument flying maneuvers. The instruments were an inside-out (moving-horizon) indicator and an outside-in (moving aircraft) indicator. The subjects were divided into low and high experience groups. The results of the study differ in some degree with those of some recent ground-based studies which used the same two concepts of attitude presentation. However, one result of the in-flight study agreed with many of the previous studies; low time pilots exhibited a narrower range of pitch excursions with the outside-in (moving aircraft) attitude indicator than they did with the inside-out (moving horizon) indicator. When combined with the authors' observations of a head-horizon tilt phenomenon relating to both humans and animals, the results of this study suggest the usefulness of a new concept for the design of the attitude indicator display. A new concept is described in the report. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Civil Aeromedical Institute

  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73128
• Authors:
  • HASBROOK, A H
  • Rasmussen, P G
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 21 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054424
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM