To analyze aircraft control skills on final approach, a veteran commercial pilot teaches aeronautical engineering students how to land the fixed-base flight simulator owned by the University of Tokyo. We found interesting differences in pitch movement between a professional pilot and a student on the final approach, and decided to investigate this aspect of flight control further. Through trial and error, we found that the spectrogram of elevator control input provides valuable information. Using this method, we find that, after a few practice runs, the professional pilots fly the aircraft with certain interval input on the elevator. Spectrograms of the students show another, typical pattern during the initial training. It also appears we can point out the difference between instrument flight condition and visual flight condition by observing the spectrograms. It is possible, however, that these results are specific for this simulator, so further research is needed to verify these findings with other simulators.
内容記述
日本航空宇宙学会 (JSASS) 第51回 飛行機シンポジウム, 20-22 November 2013, Takamatsu, Japan
航空機最終進入時の操縦操作を、経験差で比較する
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