Gaze Movements of Helicopter Pilots during Real and Simulated Take-Off and Landing Maneuvers

Autor: Daniel H. Greiwe, Maik Friedrich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Aerospace, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 429 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2226-4310
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace11060429
Popis: Most accidents and serious incidents of commercial air transport helicopters occur during standard flight phases, whereby a main cause is pilots’ situational awareness. Enabling pilots to better assess their situational awareness can make an important contribution in reducing the risk of fatal accidents. One approach is to examine a pilot’s gaze behavior with the help of eye tracking. This paper reports the results of a case study with eye tracking measurements during real flight and simulator studies of a standard mission profile. The general gaze behavior is characterized by a dominant, external view, and the airspeed and altitude indicator as the most important flight instruments. A real-world applicability of gaze data obtained in the simulator could be shown.
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