Development of flight simulation and head-up display system for ergonomics evaluation

Aiming at the humanity design of the Head-up display (HUD) information display involved in the development of large passenger aircraft in China, a flight simulation model coupling by nineteen equations was set up, and also a HUD model driven by flight simulation equations was set up using GL Studio. Ergonomic experiment was performed combining with subjects, and the humanity of information display on the HUD model was analyzed according to the reaction times and correct rates of subjects. The experiment results showed that the flight simulation model can effectively simulate the take off, cruise, landing and other flight courses of the aircraft; the HUD model built based on GL Studio can effectively combine with the flight simulation model and can reflect the position, gesture and other information of each flight course of the aircraft dynamically in real time. The color matching and size of HUD information display character fit for human characteristics were obtained through the experiment of simulating flight operations by subjects and the analysis of experiment results.