Pilots' use of pitch and heave motion cues in a pitch control task

AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zaal, P M T ^a,b   Pool, D M ^a,b   De Bruin, J ^a,b   Mulder, M ^a,b   Van Paassen, M M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ATTITUDE CONTROL; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

CENTER OF GRAVITY; CROSS-OVER FREQUENCIES; MOTION COMPONENTS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PILOT CONTROL BEHAVIOR; PILOT PERFORMANCE; SIMONA RESEARCH SIMULATOR; SIMULATOR MOTION;

SPACE SIMULATORS;

EID: 78651091523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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