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The pilot model balked landing simulation project: A government, industry and national research cooperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

R. Hosman ,
A. Belyavin ,
H. Hörmann ,
G. Robel ,
J. Schuring ,
P. van der Geest  and
J. Towler
R. Hosman
Affiliation:
r.hosman@amsconsul.demon.nl, Aerospace Man-Machine Systems Consulting BV Delfgauw, The Netherlands
A. Belyavin
Affiliation:
QinetiQ, Farnborough, UK
H. Hörmann
Affiliation:
Boeing Research & Technology Europe, Madrid, Spain
G. Robel
Affiliation:
Boeing Phantom Works, Seattle, US
J. Schuring
Affiliation:
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P. van der Geest
Affiliation:
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. Towler
Affiliation:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, US
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Abstract

The introduction of new larger aeroplanes presents the ICAO Instrument Flight Procedures Panel (IFPP) with the need to review the requirements for the Obstacle Free Zone. To support future decisions, the IFPP took the initiative to ask for the development of pilot models which are capable to control the simulated aircraft during the approach — go-around manoeuvre. The aim of this development was to obtain a tool to perform Monte Carlo simulations for the determination of the flight path statistics of the manoeuvre. In 2001, both QinetiQ and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) were invited to develop pilot models. The two pilot models are based on fundamentally different descriptions of a pilot’s control behaviour. The QinetiQ pilot model is based on a discrete-event representation of pilot control movements and has been developed in the Integrated Performance Modelling Environment (IPME). The NLR pilot model is based on control engineering and is a linear model with visual and motion feedback extended with stochastic disturbances. This development was supported by Boeing, which provided a simulation model of the B747–400 as the representative aircraft model. The integration of the pilot models with the aircraft model was performed by Boeing. Statistical data on the flight path tracking during the approach – go-around manoeuvre and on discrete pilot actions were obtained from simulations performed in a full flight simulator (FFS) at NASA Ames and a fixed-base simulator at Boeing. Both pilot models, the use of the statistical data from the simulations and the integration with the aircraft model are discussed in the paper.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 113 , Issue 1149 , November 2009 , pp. 715 - 725
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2009 

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