Comparative analysis of touchscreen inceptors and traditional sidesticks on flight decks: flight performance, visual behaviours and situation awareness

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dc.contributor.authorWang, Yifan
dc.contributor.authorKorek, Wojciech Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorBlundell, James
dc.contributor.authorLi, Wen-Chin
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-04T08:10:18Z
dc.date.available2025-03-04T08:10:18Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-03-04
dc.date.issued2025-02-12
dc.date.pubOnline2025-02-12
dc.description.abstractThe concept of touchscreen primary control device is a novel approach of touchcreen implentation. The objective of this study is to investigate differences in flight performance and attention allocation between a touchscreen inceptor and a traditional sidestick. Twenty-one participants flew four simulated instrument landing system (ILS) approaches - with the touchscreen inceptor or traditional sidestick - during flight scenarios where an aircraft attitude disturbance was either present or absent. Results demonstrated that participant performance scores were worse with the touchscreen inceptor compared to the sidestick during attitude disturbance scenarios. Interestingly, participants exhibited reduced attention to external visual cues with the touchscreen inceptor compared to the sidestick. In addition, use of the touchscreen inceptor resulted in lower performance and lower self-reported situation awareness. Overall, the touchscreen inceptor demonstrated poorer performance compared to the traditional sidestick, highlighting limitations in its current design that warrant cautious consideration and further investigation.
dc.description.journalNameErgonomics
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research is co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund (grant number POWR.03.02.00–00-I029).
dc.format.extentpp. xx-xx
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.identifier.citationWang Y, Korek WT, Blundell J, Li W-C. (2025) Comparative analysis of touchscreen inceptors and traditional sidesticks on flight decks: flight performance, visual behaviours and situation awareness. Ergonomics, Available online 12 February 2025
dc.identifier.eissn1366-5847
dc.identifier.elementsID564651
dc.identifier.issn0014-0139
dc.identifier.issueNoahead-of-print
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2025.2459305
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23533
dc.identifier.volumeNoahead-of-print
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2025.2459305
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject5201 Applied and Developmental Psychology
dc.subject4201 Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subject4207 Sports Science and Exercise
dc.subject52 Psychology
dc.subjectFlight deck design
dc.subjecthuman-computer interactions
dc.subjectsituation awareness
dc.subjecttouchscreen inceptor
dc.subjectvisual behaviours
dc.subjectHuman Factors
dc.subject4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject4207 Sports science and exercise
dc.subject5201 Applied and developmental psychology
dc.titleComparative analysis of touchscreen inceptors and traditional sidesticks on flight decks: flight performance, visual behaviours and situation awareness
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-01-22

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