Helicopter Trainee Performance Following Synthetic Flight Training

Authors: Caro, Paul W.; Isley, Robert N.

Source: Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Volume 11, Number 3, 1 July 1966 , pp. 38-44(7)

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Abstract:

In a study to determine whether the use of a synthetic helicopter flight training device would improve the subsequent primary flight performance of trainees at the U. S. Army Primary Helicopter School, two groups were trained to “fly“ a captive helicopter mounted on a ground effects machine. The device had the approximate handling characteristics of a free-flying vehicle, yet it allowed the trainees to obtain “aeronautical experience“ not otherwise possible at their level of training.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/JAHS.11.38

Publication date: 1966-07-01

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