Helicopter Handling Qualities: A study in pilot control compensation

Memon, WA ORCID: 0000-0002-9550-0440, White, MD ORCID: 0000-0002-8611-9525, Padfield, GD, Cameron, N ORCID: 0000-0003-0112-2926 and Lu, L (2022) Helicopter Handling Qualities: A study in pilot control compensation. AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL, 126 (1295). pp. 152-186.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The research reported in this paper is aimed at the development of a metric to quantify and predict the extent of pilot control compensation required to fly a wide range of mission task elements. To do this, the utility of a range of time- and frequency-domain measures to examine pilot control activity whilst flying hover/low-speed and forward flight tasks are explored. The tasks were performed by two test pilots using both the National Research Council (Canada)’s Bell 412 Advanced Systems Research Aircraft and the University of Liverpool’s HELIFLIGHT-R simulator. Handling qualities ratings were awarded for each of the tasks and compared with a newly developed weighted<jats:italic>adaptive</jats:italic>control compensation metric based on discrete pilot inputs, showing good correlation. Moreover, in combination with a time-varying frequency-domain exposure, the proposed metric is shown to be useful for understanding the relationship between the pilot’s subjective assessment, measured control activity and task performance. By collating the results from the subjective and objective metrics for a range of different mission task elements, compensation boundaries are proposed to predict and verify the subjective assessments from the Cooper-Harper Handling Qualities Rating scale.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pilot control compensation, Mission Task Elements, Time- and frequency-domain, Pilot control activity, Handling qualities rating, Pilot subjective assessment, Task performance
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2021 07:39
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2023 12:43
DOI:	10.1017/aer.2021.87
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3134560