Accession Number:

AD0872066

Title:

Studies in Manual Target Designation: Isometric Controls,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BOEING CO SEATTLE WA

Personal Author(s):

• Way, Thomas C.

Report Date:

1970-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

128.0

Abstract:

This document reports a series of tests in which operators used one of three force isometric controls to position a ring cursor over a dot target presented on a 17-inch 1000-line television monitor. Optimal parameters were first established for each of the three controls a hand-operated grip, a finger-operated stick, and a thumb-operated disk control. A final test compared the three controls with respect to designation error and the finger control was found to be slightly better than the other two. An important auxiliary finding was that designation error increases markedly when the target is available less than about ten seconds. Author

Descriptors:

• (*TARGET ACQUISITION
• ALL WEATHER AVIATION)
• (*TARGET DESIGNATORS
• CONTROL KNOBS)
• JET FIGHTERS
• ATTACK BOMBERS
• ADVANCED WEAPONS
• TACTICAL WEAPONS
• NIGHT VISION
• SURFACE TARGETS
• OPTICAL IMAGES
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• OPTICAL TRACKING
• TIME
• CONTROL STICKS
• FLIGHT CREWS
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS
• EFFICIENCY
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• ACCURACY
• MOTOR REACTIONS
• HANDS
• PILOTS

Subject Categories:

• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Fire Control and Bombing Systems
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE