Spatial frequency and platform motion effects on helicopter altitude control

1999 Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 171-181

  Schroede, Jeffery A ^a   Chung, William W Y ^b   Hess, Ronald A ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Logicon Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOPTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLES;

HELICOPTER MODEL; MOTION FIDELITY; MOTION PLATFORMS; MOTION VARIATION; PILOT PERFORMANCE; PLATFORM MOTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; SUBJECTIVE RATING;

ALTITUDE CONTROL;

EID: 40549114681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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