VIRTUAL REALITY PARACHUTE SIMULATION ENHANCEMENTS FOR IMPROVED AIRCREW EMERGENCY TRAINING

摘要

Military Parachuting is widely perceived as a highly dangerous activity; that's why pilots and other aircrew don't make real training jumps. Aircraft emergencies that result in aircrew under parachutes are inherently dangerous. Combine this with a jump and panic is likely, and panic kills. In non-simulator based operational parachute training, sensory overload due to fear and unfamiliarity in initial jumps minimizes learning and may lead to negative training that is difficult to remove. A low cost Virtual Reality (VR) parachute flight training simulator solution has been developed which overcomes these problems. The trainee is refining correct jump skills and procedures right from the first jump. Critiques from current emergency and operational installations have focused on the need for enhanced graphics for scenes and parachutes. This would provide improved simulator face validity which helps jumper accept the concept that the actual jump experiences will mirror those trained in the simulator. A number of features have been included recently in this simulator to provide much more accurate replications of real world locations. These improvements are described in this paper, together with simulator features included to better train for important procedural requirements.