A study of the comparative effects of various means of motion cueing during a simulated compensatory tracking task

摘要

NASA's Langley Research Center conducted a simulation experiment to ascertain the comparative effects of motion cues (combinations of platform motion and g-seat normal acceleration cues) on compensatory tracking performance. In the experiment, a full six-degree-of-freedom YF-16 model was used as the simulated pursuit aircraft. The Langley Visual Motion Simulator (with in-house developed wash-out), and a Langley developed g-seat were principal components of the simulation. The results of the experiment were examined utilizing univariate and multivariate techniques.

The statistical analyses demonstrate that the platform motion and g-seat cues provide additional information to the pilot that allows substantial reduction of lateral tracking error. Also, the analyses show that the g-seat cue helps reduce vertical error. The differences in pilot control behavior make it impossible to statistically determine if the motion platform and g-seat cues have an additive effect, or whether the motion or g-seat cues can be interchanged. However, it is anticipated that additional data will overcome this problem.