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Crew performance and communication: Performing a terrain navigation taskA study was conducted to examine the map and route cues pilots use while navigating under controlled, but realistic, nap-of-the-earth (NOE) flight conditions. US Army helicopter flight crews were presented a map and route overlay and asked to perform normal mission planning. They then viewed a video-recording of the out-the-window scene during low-level flights, without the route overlay, and were asked periodically to locate their current position on the map. The pilots and navigators were asked to communicate normally during the planning and flight phases. During each flight the navigator's response time, accuracy, and subjective workload were assessed. Post-flight NASA-TLX workload ratings were collected. No main effect of map orientation (north-up vs. track-up) was found for errors or response times on any of the tasks evaluated. Navigators in the north-up group rated their workload lower than those in the track-up group.
Document ID
19950063570
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Battiste, Vernol
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, US, United States)
Delzell, Susanne
(San Jose State Univ. Foundation, San Jose, CA, US, United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publisher: Ohio State University
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Accession Number
95A95169
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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