Accession Number:
ADA169076
Title:
Pilot Evaluation of TCAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System) in the Long Ranger Helicopter.
Descriptive Note:
Project rept.,
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1986-06-03
Pagination or Media Count:
29.0
Abstract:
A specially modified version of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System TCAS was installed in a Bell Long Ranger helicopter in order to investigate the feasibility of TCAS operation in rotorcraft. This installation employed TCAS air-to-air surveillance to provide automated traffic advisories that were displayed in the cockpit on a color cathode ray tube display. As part of this study, 12 subject pilots evaluated the utility of the installation through brief test flights in the vicinity of a major airport. Among the topics investigated were the rate of alarms, the computer logic for issuing advisories, the bearing accuracy, and the display symbology. Several recommendations for adapting TCAS to the rotorcraft environment resulted from the testing.
Descriptors:
- *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- *COLLISION AVOIDANCE
- TEST AND EVALUATION
- FLIGHT TESTING
- AUTOMATION
- ENVIRONMENTS
- COCKPITS
- TRAFFIC
- COMPUTER LOGIC
- PILOTS
- BEARING(DIRECTION)
- RATES
- ACCURACY
- DISPLAY SYSTEMS
- HELICOPTERS
- INSTALLATION
- SYMBOLS
- SURVEILLANCE
- ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
- AIR TO AIR
- CATHODE RAY TUBE SCREENS
- WARNING SYSTEMS
Subject Categories:
- Air Navigation and Guidance