The study was an effort to determine what information, available from basic flight instruments, was used by the pilot to perform the various missions that encompass the tactical utility helicopter mission. A UH-1 aircraft, the current U.S. Army tactical utility helicopter, was used as the test vehicle and all measures relate to this vehicle. (Author).
The task requirements of the Tactical Utility Helicopter Mission were enumerated and experienced pilots have indicated the instrumentation they feel is necessary to perform these tasks. Film of eye movement was taken for two of the pilots while they were flying missions that encorporated these tasks. The film and the pilot replies were analyzed to provide the information transfer requirements for the Tactical Utility Helicopter flight instrumentation.
Eye movement data from the 21 maneuvers flown during the tactical utility helicopter information transfer study were analyzed to determine the scanning patterns, link value, dwell times and dwell fractions. These data and data from the major eye movement studies conducted since 1944 are presented in the same numerical format. The dwell fractions and mean dwell times for similar maneuvers are compared and the link diagrams for these maneuvers are given when the data was available. The aircraft which were flown or simulated in these studies include the U.S. Navy NH-1 (Howard DGA-15), PBY-5-A, and A-4; the U.S. Air Force C-45, T-33, and F-102; the U.S. Army UH-1B; the Boeing 707, the McDonnell-Douglas DC-8, and the Lockheed L-188.
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A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA)
