Hover guidance display using perspective objects

Abstract

A helicopter hover guidance display that uses perspective objects was developed and evaluated by flight and simulator experiments. The display presents the pilot with the position of the helicopter on a horizontal situation (Map) display as well as on the FD (flight director) of a PFD (primary flight display). Several flight experiments using JAXA's research helicopter confirmed the usefulness of this guidance display. Next, the effects of some key display design parameters on flight director tracking performance and pilots' subjective ratings-the form of the flight director, field of view and whether the display was head-down or head-mounted-were investigated in a series of flight simulations.