Hybrid simulation of VTOL flight

The purpose of this communication is to describe some results of a study of manual control for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) IFR operations. The study involved simulated flight on Honeywell´s hybrid computer facility. The study was designed to determine if state-of-the-art display technology could provide acceptable display systems for VTOL operations. The flexibility of hybrid computer simulation provides the cockpit designer with a method by which he can study many combinations of display formats and manual control modes. Workload measuring techniques were used to augment the flight performance criteria to evaluate study results.