Practises to identify and prevent adverse aircraft-and-rotorcraft-pilot couplings—A ground simulator perspective. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pavel, Marilena D.; Jump, Michael; Masarati, Pierangelo; Zaichik, Larisa; Dang-Vu, Binh; Smaili, Hafid; Quaranta, Giuseppe; Stroosma, Olaf; Yilmaz, Deniz; Johnes, Michael; Gennaretti, Massimmo; Ionita, Achim
• Is Part Of: Progress in aerospace sciences. Volume 77(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 54
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: AD Acceleration Deceleration Manoeuvre -- A/RPCs Aircraft-and-Rotorcraft-Pilot Couplings -- APC Adverse Pilot Couplings Rating Scale -- ARISTOTEL Aircraft and Rotorcraft Pilot Couplings – Tools and Techniques for Alleviation and Detection -- BAT Boundary Avoidance Tracking -- BDFT Biodynamic Feedthrough -- DC Duty Cycle Criterion -- DOF Degree of Freedom -- FBW Fly-by-Wire -- FCS Flight Control System -- FoV Field of View -- GRACE Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment simulator at NLR -- HQs Handling Qualities -- HQR Handling Qualities Rating -- HFR HELIFLIGHT-R Simulator at University of Liverpool -- MCR Motion Cue Rating Scale -- MTE Mission Task Element -- PAC Phase Aggression Criterion -- PH Precision Hover -- PIO/PAO Pilot Induced Oscillations/ Pilot Assisted Oscillations -- PIOR PIO Rating -- PR Pilot Rating -- ΔPR Pilot rating worsening -- PVS Pilot-Vehicle System -- ROVER Real-time Oscillation Verifier -- RS Roll Step Manoeuvre -- SFR Simulator Fidelity Rating Scale -- SRS Simona Research Simulator at TU Delft -- UCE Usable Cue Environment -- VCR Visual Cue Rating -- VM Vertical Manoeuvre -- VMS Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames -- ZFTT Zero Flight Time Training; Aircraft Pilot Couplings -- (APC) -- Rotorcraft Pilot Couplings (RPC) -- Pilot Induced Oscillations (PIO) -- Pilot Assisted Oscillations (PAO) -- Simulator Fidelity -- Motion Cues -- Visual Cues -- Control Loading -- Time delay -- Latency -- Biodynamic Feedthrough; Aeronautics -- Periodicals; Astronautics -- Periodicals; Aéronautique -- Périodiques; Astronautique -- Périodiques; 629.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2015.06.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0376-0421

Abstract

Abstract: The aviation community relies heavily on flight simulators as a fundamental tool for research, pilot training and development of any new aircraft design. The goal of the present paper is to provide a review on how effective ground simulation is as an assessment tool for unmasking adverse Aircraft-and-Rotorcraft Pilot Couplings (APC/RPC). Although it is generally believed that simulators are not reliable in revealing the existence of A/RPC tendencies, the paper demonstrates that a proper selection of high-gain tasks combined with appropriate motion and visual cueing can reveal negative features of a particular aircraft that may lead to A/RPC. The paper discusses new methods for real-time A/RPC detection that can be used as a tool for unmasking adverse A/RPC. Although flight simulators will not achieve the level of reality of in-flight testing, exposing A/RPC tendencies in the simulator may be the only convenient safe place to evaluate the wide range of conditions that could produce hazardous A/RPC events.