Helicopter handling qualities: a study in pilot control compensation

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dc.contributor.authorMemon, W. A.
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Mark D.
dc.contributor.authorPadfield, Gareth D.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, N.
dc.contributor.authorLu, Linghai
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-03T15:33:15Z
dc.date.available2021-12-03T15:33:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-16
dc.description.abstractThe research reported in this paper is aimed at the development of a metric to quantify and predict the extent of pilot control compensation required to fly a wide range of mission task elements. To do this, the utility of a range of time- and frequency-domain measures to examine pilot control activity whilst flying hover/low-speed and forward flight tasks are explored. The tasks were performed by two test pilots using both the National Research Council (Canada)’s Bell 412 Advanced Systems Research Aircraft and the University of Liverpool’s HELIFLIGHT-R simulator. Handling qualities ratings were awarded for each of the tasks and compared with a newly developed weighted adaptive control compensation metric based on discrete pilot inputs, showing good correlation. Moreover, in combination with a time-varying frequency-domain exposure, the proposed metric is shown to be useful for understanding the relationship between the pilot’s subjective assessment, measured control activity and task performance. By collating the results from the subjective and objective metrics for a range of different mission task elements, compensation boundaries are proposed to predict and verify the subjective assessments from the Cooper-Harper Handling Qualities Rating scale.en_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P031277/1 and EP/P030009/1)en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMemon WA, White MD, Padfield GD, et al., (2022) Helicopter handling qualities: a study in pilot control compensation. The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 126, Issue 1295, January 2022, pp. 152–186en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0001-9240
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2021.87
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17309
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectPilot control compensationen_UK
dc.subjectMission Task Elementsen_UK
dc.subjectTime- and frequency-domainen_UK
dc.subjectPilot control activityen_UK
dc.subjectHandling qualities ratingen_UK
dc.subjectPilot subjective assessmenten_UK
dc.subjectTask performanceen_UK
dc.titleHelicopter handling qualities: a study in pilot control compensationen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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