Simulator Fidelity Requirements: The Case of Platform Motion

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• Creators:
  Burki-Cohen, Judith S. ; Soja, Nancy N. ; Longridge, Thomas
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flight simulators
  • Training simulators
  • Aircraft pilotage
  • Flight training
  • Airline pilots
  • Motion
  • Motion perception
  • Performance evaluations
  • Human factors
  • Platform motion
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Today, the use of airplane simulators in pilot training and evaluation is universal. Simulators not only enable savings in training cost, but they have also practically eliminated training accidents for major airlines. They allow the training of emergency maneuvers which are inherently unsafe in the aircraft; and they permit crews to gain experience in operationally realistic scenarios that focus on both technical and crew resource management skills. In fact, initiatives such as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Advanced Qualification Program (SFAR 58, 1990), which heavily relies on crew resource management and need-based proficiency objectives, would be unthinkable without ready access to a full flight simulator. Nevertheless, some regional airlines elect to do at least their recurrent training in the airplane. In part, this situation is due to a shortage of qualified simulators, especially for certain turboprop airplanes where the flight test data is not readily available. A second, and perhaps even more important, reason can be found in the high rental and purchase costs for full flight simulators, which, for small turboprops, may even exceed the cost of the airplane.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9971/dot_9971_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
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