ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PILOT'S PERFORMANCE AND INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEMS

摘要

In the Introduction a project is described, which deals with the comparison of ground-based simulation and real flight. The project simulators and a particular kind of real-time simulation technique, namely in-flight simulation, is explained briefly. A particular low gain / high precision pilot task is presented exemplary in greater detail. The data evaluation in the project is based on time-dependent, frequency-dependent and subjective workload data as well. The description of two subjective workload assessment approaches which are in use in the project is given. Three different kinds of simulation systems have been in use: a ground-based simulator, a full flight moving-based simulator and a nonlinear inflight simulation using the DLR flying test-bed ATTAS. The evaluation pilots have rated their workload with the above mentioned methods. Selected results gained in the project are shown.