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Flight test of a head-worn display as an equivalent-hud for terminal operations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Arthur II, J. J. Nicholas, S. N. Bailey, R. E. Prinzel II, L. J. Shelton, K. J. Williams, S. P. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Research, development, test, and evaluation of flight deck interface technologies is being conducted by NASA to proactively identify, develop, and mature tools, methods, and technologies for improving overall aircraft safety of new and legacy vehicles operating in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Under NASA's Aviation Safety Program, one specific area of research is the use of small Head-Worn Displays (HWDs) as a potential equivalent display to a Head-up Display (HUD). Title 14 of the US CFR 91.175 describes a possible operational credit which can be obtained with airplane equipage of a HUD or an "equivalent"' display combined with Enhanced Vision (EV). A successful HWD implementation may provide the same safety and operational benefits as current HUD-equipped aircraft but for significantly more aircraft in which HUD installation is neither practical nor possible. A flight test was conducted to evaluate if the HWD, coupled with a head-tracker, can provide an equivalent display to a HUD. Approach and taxi testing was performed on-board NASA's experimental King Air aircraft in various visual conditions. Preliminary quantitative results indicate the HWD tested provided equivalent HUD performance, however operational issues were uncovered. The HWD showed significant potential as all of the pilots liked the increased situation awareness attributable to the HWD's unique capability of unlimited field-of-regard. |
| File Size | 769460 |
| Page Count | 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150010973 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7sn56b27 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-04-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Air Transportation And Safety Flight Tests Situational Awareness Aircraft Safety Performance Tests Display Devices Head-up Displays Flir Detectors Guidance Sensors Tracking Position Enhanced Vision Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
