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Enhanced and synthetic vision for terminal maneuvering area nextgen operations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Prinzel II, Lawrence J. Kramer, Lynda J. Ellis, Kyle K. E. Norman, R. Michael Williams, Steven P. Arthur II, Jarvis J. Shelton, Kevin J. Bailey, Randall E. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Synthetic Vision Systems and Enhanced Flight Vision System (SVS/EFVS) technologies have the potential to provide additional margins of safety for aircrew performance and enable operational improvements for low visibility operations in the terminal area environment with equivalent efficiency as visual operations. To meet this potential, research is needed for effective technology development and implementation of regulatory and design guidance to support introduction and use of SVS/EFVS advanced cockpit vision technologies in Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) operations. A fixed-base pilot-in-the-loop simulation test was conducted at NASA Langley Research Center that evaluated the use of SVS/EFVS in NextGen low visibility ground (taxi) operations and approach/landing operations. Twelve crews flew approach and landing operations in a simulated NextGen Chicago O Hare environment. Various scenarios tested the potential for EFVS for operations in visibility as low as 1000 ft runway visibility range (RVR) and SVS to enable lower decision heights (DH) than can currently be flown today. Expanding the EFVS visual segment from DH to the runway in visibilities as low as 1000 RVR appears to be viable as touchdown performance was excellent without any workload penalties noted for the EFVS concept tested. A lower DH to 150 ft and/or possibly reduced visibility minima by virtue of SVS equipage appears to be viable when implemented on a Head-Up Display, but the landing data suggests further study for head-down implementations. |
| File Size | 775663 |
| Page Count | 16 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110011181 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2896642f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-04-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Air Transportation And Safety Runways Cockpits Touchdown Maneuvers Enhanced Vision Simulation Head-up Displays Low Visibility Approach Ground Operational Support System Air Transportation Visibility Safety Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
