Accession Number:
ADA001934
Title:
Three-Inch Vertical Tape Altimeter and Airspeed-Mach Indicator Evaluation.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Corporate Author:
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CENTER RANDOLPH AFB TEX
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Report Date:
1974-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
14.0
Abstract:
The Research and Development Division of the USAF Instrument Flight Center conducted a pilot factors evaluation of a three-inch altimeter and a three-inch tape airspeed-mach indicator to determine the utilitysuitability of the displays. Approximately 35 hours were flown by nine subject pilots using a T-39 as the test bed for evaluating the displays. From the responses to these questionnaires, it was deemed inadvisable to adopt the altimeter as a primary flight instrument because misinterpretation of altitude remains a problem. However, the tape airspeed-mach indicator was found acceptable as a primary flight instrument.
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Subject Categories:
- Flight Control and Instrumentation