Accession Number:

AD0773688

Title:

A Design Study to Standardize Collective-Stick Controls in U.S. Army Helicopters: A Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Evaluation.

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.,

Corporate Author:

HUMAN ENGINEERING LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Stowell,Harry R.
• Fry,Clarence A.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83.0

Abstract:

The design study was conducted by HEL to standardize collective-stick controls in U.S. Army helicopters. The objective was to formulate a standard which will specify functions and arrangement of switches on collective-stick controls in Army helicopters. Two types of collective-stick controls were developed to meet requirements in all categories of helicopters designed for the U.S. Army. A human factors engineering HFE evaluation was done by HEL on functional hard mock-up models representing the general design configuration developed for standardization of collective-stick controls. Results of the HFE test indicate that the configurations developed for standardization is suitable for developing airworthy designs for flight test. Author

Descriptors:

• *Helicopters
• *Control sticks
• *Human factors engineering
• Flight control systems
• Standardization
• Switches
• Performance(Human)
• Response(Biology)
• Flight crews

Subject Categories:

• Helicopters
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE