Perfect, P, Jump, M 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1028-2334 and White, MD ORCID: 0000-0002-8611-9525
(2017)
Towards the Development of a Flight Training Programme
for Future Personal Aerial Vehicle Users.
CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 8 (3).
pp. 541-560.
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Abstract
Interest in personal aerial vehicles (PAVs) is resurgent with several flying prototypes made possible through advances in the relevant technologies. Whilst the perceived wisdom is that these vehicles will be highly automated or autonomous, the current regulatory framework assumes that a human will always be able to intervene in the operation of the flight. This raises the possibility of manually operated PAVs and the requirement for an occupant flying training programme. This paper describes the development of training requirements for PAV pilots. The work includes a training needs analysis (TNA) for a typical PAV flight. It then describes the development of a training programme to develop the skills identified by the TNA. Five participants with no real flying experience, but varying levels of driving experience, undertook the training programme. Four completed the programme through to a successful simulation flight test of a commuter flight scenario. These participants evaluated the effectiveness of the training programme using the first three Levels of Kirkpatrick’s method. The evaluation showed that the developed training programme was effective, in terms of both trainee engagement and development of the handling skills necessary to fly PAV mission-related tasks in a flight simulator. The time required for the four successful participants to develop their core flying skills was less than 5 h. This duration indicates that future simulation PAV training would be commensurate with the training duration for current personal transportation modes.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Handling qualities, eVTOL, Personal aerial vehicle, Training, Simulation |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2017 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:00 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13272-017-0255-2 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3008293 |
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