Abstract
The paper discusses the possibilities of objective assessment of military flight training quality based on statistical evaluation of pilot’s behavior models parameters. For these purposes, the pilots’ responses to non-standard flight situations were measured by using a fixed-base and a moving-base engineering flight simulator. Tens of military pilots at different training stages were tested. By exploiting real-life tests, we established that the given pilot models provide sufficiently accurate approximation of realistic human responses. Importantly, the models are relatively easy to use, and the individual parameters can be unambiguously interpreted, i.e., the time constants of the pilot behavior model are obtainable, representing the pilot’s current psychological and physiological state of mind. The parameters lay in the defined ranges, and they characterize the ability of the human/pilot to adapt to a controlled dynamic system. Consequently, a fundamental statistical analysis based on pilot’s behavioral model parameters was conducted, using the acquired test data representing the pilot’s behavior during repeated measuring. The initial results indicate the possibility to use the results for objective assessment the military flight training level.
Highlights
Contemporary aviation places increasingly more emphasis on the mental stability of both the pilots and the supporting personnel
The goal of our research focuses especially on experiments to support pilot behavior modeling analysis in association with military flight training, using flight simulators
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Summary
Contemporary aviation places increasingly more emphasis on the mental stability of both the pilots and the supporting personnel. The study of the relationships between diverse human factors and flight performance or activities related to flight safety embodies an important research domain where aircraft design, pilot selection, and operation environment constitute major sub-problems. The goal of our research focuses especially on experiments to support pilot behavior modeling analysis in association with military flight training, using flight simulators The nature of this approach lies in repeating measuring the pilots’ responses to a visual stimulus and consequent identification and evaluation of the pilot’s behavioral model parameters, such as reaction delay or lead/lag constants as the so-called equalization part responsible for pilot’s ability to adjust to the controlled dynamics and his/her attitude to control.
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