General Aviation Aircraft: A Comparative Analysis of Analog Instrument Display and Conceptual Primary Flight Display

<p>The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects that analog instrument display versus primary flight display (PFD) had on pilot performance. Pilot performance was evaluated by: (a) time, and (b) number of errors. There were twenty subjects with a minimum of a private pilot license selected from the Aeronautical Science department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Three flight conditions (spoiler problem, engine problem, and flap failure) acting as a control group was given to the flight students while flying a traffic pattern. A Silicon Graphics® flight simulation software program and a video camera were used as the data gathering instruments. The results indicated that no significant difference existed between time under the primary flight display and under the analog instrument display (p = 0.872); however, the number of errors under the primary flight display was significantly less than the analog instrument display (p = 0.008).</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Human Factors & Systems

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Factors and Systems

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Laptaned, Ungul

• instrument displays
• general aviation
• analog
• Aviation
• Ergonomics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/112

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1157