virtual reality for training hazardous helicopter tasks
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Virtual Reality for Training Hazardous Helicopter Tasks. Lochlan Magee & Franklin Lue DRDC Toronto. Canada. Defence Research and Development Canada. Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada. Deck Landing. Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Virtual Reality for Training Hazardous Helicopter Tasks
Lochlan Magee & Franklin Lue
DRDC Toronto
Defence Research andDevelopment Canada
Recherche et développementpour la défense Canada Canada
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Defence R&D Canada • R & D pour la défense Canada
Deck Landing
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Defence R&D Canada • R & D pour la défense Canada
Objectives
• Find an effective, affordable solution for training helicopter deck-landing skills
• Establish simulations and technologies applicable to other helicopters and demanding flight tasks
• Transition technology to CF & Canadian Industry
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Exploratory Developments
Two models
• State-of-the-art components
• Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components
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State-of-the-art approach
Developed for DRDC Toronto by theUniversity of Toronto Institutefor Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
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Component technologies
• High resolution, stereo FOHMD• MaxView IG• Hydrostatic, 6 dof
motion base• McFadden control
loaders
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Video Presentation
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Reverse transfer of training
Methods• 24 CF helicopter pilots (12 Sea King)• 50 deck landings each• Ship-helicopter operational limits• No quiescent period• No aids, no instruction• Limited feedback
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Predictions
• On first exposure, Sea King pilots should land the helicopter in the trap more frequently than non-Sea King pilots
• Non-Sea King pilots should improve with practice while Sea King pilots do not
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Results
• Both groups performed poorly at first, but
• Sea King pilots rapidly adapted to the simulator and showed no improvement with practice
• non-Sea King pilots steadily improved with practice
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COTS approach
Developed at DRDC Toronto
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Component technologies
• Low cost HMD
• General purpose image generator
• Electric, 6 dof motion base
• Seat vibrators
• Springs for control loading
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Video Presentation
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Inter-simulator transfer of training
Methods• 12 CF helicopter pilots
(not Sea King)• 40 deck landings at DRDC
Toronto• 40 deck landings at UTIAS• all other experimental conditions identical
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Predictions
• the pilots should steadily improve with practice
• they should do better than the prior group of non-Sea King pilots when they first fly the SOA simulator
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Results
• the pilots steadily improved with practice using the COTS simulator
• their learning curve was unbroken when they transferred to the SOA simulator
• they performed better than both prior groups (Sea King and non-Sea King) on their first encounter with the SOA simulator
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Findings of laboratory-based testing
• The SOA simulator allowed Sea King pilots to demonstrate skills they had acquired at sea
• Both simulators provided opportunity for inexperienced pilots to learn
• The COTS approach affords a viable alternative for providing the sensory cues needed to perform the task
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Helicopter Deck Landing Simulator (HDLS)
• Advanced development model
• Instructional features
• Full control of the scenario
• Day & night
• Free-deck & haul-down landings
• Networked simulation
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LSO Simulator
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Technology Transfer
• CFB Shearwater
• Atlantis Systems International HVT
• Jet Ranger
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Jet Ranger Simulator
Testing
• Multi-use
• Two seat operation
• Generality of results• Auto-rotations
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Video Presentation
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