Handbook of Flight Simulation Fidelity Requirements for Human Factors Research

A handbook by Albert J. Rehmann examines literature for guidelines on using flight simulators, from full mission to part-task trainers, and requirements for flight crew experience. The guidelines are established based on human factors research requirements and intended to match those requirements with the level of effort in establishing a test bed. Researchers are provided guidance in choosing the minimum required test bed sophistication to achieve the objectives of a research program.

Use Cases

• Selecting appropriate simulator fidelity levels based on research objectives mentioned in the description
• Establishing test bed requirements for human factors experiments based on the described guidelines
• Matching crew qualification requirements to simulation sophistication for research programs

Strengths

• Provides structured guidelines derived from a review of relevant literature
• Focuses on matching research objectives with practical test bed effort

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Albert J. Rehmann

Collection Method

Literature review and synthesis

Time Range

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