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A Study To Evaluate The Suitability Of A Centrifuge As A Dynamic Flight Simulator For F/A-18 Strike Fighter Mission Training, Richard Michael Masica
A Study To Evaluate The Suitability Of A Centrifuge As A Dynamic Flight Simulator For F/A-18 Strike Fighter Mission Training, Richard Michael Masica
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suitability of using an existing 25-ft radius centrifuge as a dynamic flight simulator for “full mission” F/A-18 strike fighter mission training with respect to the representativeness of pilot-perceived motion and acceleration cues.
The methodology employed in this study consisted of analyzing F/A-18 mission tasks, collecting pilot opinion surveys of important sensory cues needed in simulator training, and conducting an analysis of human pilot perceptual problems caused by centrifuge motion constraints.
This study identified a number of issues indicating that a centrifuge-based flight simulator shows limited potential for use in “full mission” …