The effect of simulator motion on pilot training and evaluation

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• Creators:
  Go, Tiauw H. ; Burki-Cohen, Judith S. ; Soja, Nancy N.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Flight training
  • Flight simulators
  • Motion
  • Evaluation
  • Performance evaluations
  • Human factors
  • Flight simulators
  • Pilot training
• Publication/ Report Number:
  AIAA-2000-4296
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Abstract:
  This study empirically examined the effect of simulator platform motion on airline pilot recurrent training and evaluation. It is driven by the need for sound scientific data on the relationship between certain key modern device features and their effect on the transfer of pilot performance and behavior to and from the respective airplane. The experiment utilized an FAA qualified Level C simulator with six-degree-of-freedom synergistic motion and a wide angle high quality visual system. Experienced airline pilots were evaluated and trained in the simulator, half of them with and the other half without motion. Then the transfer of skills acquired by both groups during this training was tested in the simulator with the motion system turned on as a standin for the airplane (quasi-transfer). Every effort was made to avoid deficiencies in the research design identified in a review of prior studies, by measuring ; pilot stimulation and response, testing both maneuvers and pilots that are diagnostic of a need of motion, avoiding pilot and instructor bias, and ensuring sufficient statistical power to capture operationally relevant effects. The results of the analyses as well as their implications are presented in this paper.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9109/dot_9109_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 79.62 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6c269fa606e11f5319248f9c5e31fa16037295a17340158792be606b1a797582