Empirical study of pilot time delay in flight control systems and its safety margin

Author

Cai Zhengxiang ; Huang Dan ; Fu Shan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2014

fDate

28-30 July 2014

Firstpage

6346

Lastpage

6351

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the influence of the pilot time delay on the flight performance. Simulations of a typical flight mission are implemented with a structured pilot model. As comparison, experiments with test pilots are carried out. The results are analyzed with a quantification method which gives a quantitative evaluation of the flight performance. Both of the simulation and the experiment show a negative correlation between the flight performance and the pilot time delay. The results of the experiments verify the reliability of the simulation method and the pilot model. The results also give a safety margin of the pilot time delay.

Keywords

air safety; aircraft control; delays; human factors; man-machine systems; empirical analysis; flight control systems; flight mission simulations; flight performance; negative correlation; pilot model reliability verification; pilot time delay; quantification method; quantitative evaluation; safety margin; simulation method reliability verification; structured pilot model; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Data models; Delay effects; Human factors; Safety; Human factor; flight performance; safety margin; time delay;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (CCC), 2014 33rd Chinese

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ChiCC.2014.6896033

Filename

6896033