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Human Pilot Dynamics in Compensatory Systems.

AD470337

Publication Date	1965
Personal Author	McRuer, D. T.; Graham, D.; Krendel, E.; Reisener, W.
Page Count	220
Abstract	The description of human pilot dynamic characteristics in mathematical terms compatible with flight control engineering practice is an essential prerequisite to the analytical treatment of manual vehicular control systems. The enormously adaptive nature of the human pilot makes such a description exceedingly difficult to obtain, although a quasi-linear model with parameters which vary with the system task variables had been successfully applied to many flight situations. The primary purposes of the experimental series reported are the validation of the existing quasi-linear pilot model, and the extension of this model in accuracy and detail. (Author)
Keywords	Pilots Flight control systems Reaction(Psychology) Human engineering Mathematical analysis Performance(Engineering) Sensory mechanics Motor reactions Sensory perception Mathematical prediction Display systems Performance(Human) Model theory Force(Mechanics) Linear systems Model tests Dynamics Control Manual operation
Source Agency	Non Paid Delimited ADS
NTIS Subject Category	95D - Human Factors Engineering 51B - Aeronautics
Corporate Authors	Systems Technology Inc Hawthorne Calif
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Franklin Inst., Philadelphia, Pa.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197716
Contract Number	AF 33(616)-7501 AF33 616 7501

Human Pilot Dynamics in Compensatory Systems.

Human Pilot Dynamics in Compensatory Systems.
AD470337

Publication Date	1965
Personal Author	McRuer, D. T.; Graham, D.; Krendel, E.; Reisener, W.
Page Count	220
Abstract	The description of human pilot dynamic characteristics in mathematical terms compatible with flight control engineering practice is an essential prerequisite to the analytical treatment of manual vehicular control systems. The enormously adaptive nature of the human pilot makes such a description exceedingly difficult to obtain, although a quasi-linear model with parameters which vary with the system task variables had been successfully applied to many flight situations. The primary purposes of the experimental series reported are the validation of the existing quasi-linear pilot model, and the extension of this model in accuracy and detail. (Author)
Keywords	Pilots Flight control systems Reaction(Psychology) Human engineering Mathematical analysis Performance(Engineering) Sensory mechanics Motor reactions Sensory perception Mathematical prediction Display systems Performance(Human) Model theory Force(Mechanics) Linear systems Model tests Dynamics Control Manual operation
Source Agency	Non Paid Delimited ADS
NTIS Subject Category	95D - Human Factors Engineering 51B - Aeronautics
Corporate Authors	Systems Technology Inc Hawthorne Calif
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Franklin Inst., Philadelphia, Pa.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197716
Contract Number	AF 33(616)-7501 AF33 616 7501