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3.1.2. Problem Area: Handling Complexity
Sophisticated helicopter cockpits give rise to individual handling
difficulties. It will therefore be possible to analyze these
difficulties by switching displays and control elements on and off
and thereby vary handling complexity.
3.1.3. Problem Area: Mission Demands .
Certain flight missions and the demands that go with them may
overtax the pilot mentally or physically. The APS/H therefore will
have the capability to simulate all individual tasks and
requirements pilots ha$e to fulfil during typical missions.
3.1.4. Clinical Aviation Psychology i
The special mission requirements inherent of flying military
helicopters may also push experienced pilots to their performance
limits. The APS/H is therefore designed such that flying-related
requirements and psychotherapeutical measures (e.g.
desensitisation, autogenic training etc.) can be combined with one
another.
3.1.5, Aviation Psychological Research I t,:
It is a matter of course that designers of sophisticated equipment
develop special test set-ups to be applied throughout the test
phase in order to analyze and evaluate the operating performance
of the device under development. APS/H will be a similar tool
which will not only be used for solving ergonomic problems but
also for
- developing training systems and methods, and for
- testing crew concepts.
3.2. Realism Requirements For The APS/H
Simulator realism is not an end in itself. An improvement in
realism does not automatically improve simulator efficiency. An
increase in realism will primarily go hand in hand with a linear
increase in cost. So what is the degree of realism required for
the APS/H to ensure maximum efficiency?
3.2.1. lYotor Realism
Operation of the controls, latency between control input and
instrument display need to be as close to reality as possible
since automatic handling patterns internalized by the pilots would
make it difficult to overcome the effects of negative transfer.
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