Age Differences in Simulator Flight Control

Age and expertise effects in aviation decision making and flight control in a flight simulator.

INTRODUCTION Age (due to declines in cognitive abilities necessary for navigation) and level of aviation expertise are two factors that may affect aviation performance and decision making under adverse weather conditions. We examined the roles of age, expertise, and their relationship on aviation decision making and flight control performance during a flight simulator task. METHODS Seventy-tw...

Control methods in a supernatural flight simulator

This video presents the experimental setup of an immersive flight simulation system, which combines body tracking with a headmounted display. Users are hanging freely in a climbing harness in order to improve the impression to fly. The base system was created by a group of students during one semester as a bachelor project. A study revealed that a high degree of presence is achievable by the co...

Model based control of a flight simulator motion system

Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control of a Flight Simulator Motion Base

The purpose of this study is to apply sliding mode control integrated with fuzzy control for a six degree of freedom flight simulator motion system. Fuzzy logic control is included for reducing chattering phenomena. Forward and inverse kinematics and full dynamic model of six degrees of freedom motion base driven by electromechanical actuators are briefly presented. As a initial control design,...

age-related differences in postural control: role of sensory information

postural control requires the integration of sensory information in the visual,vestibular, and senses the body systems. also research has shown that the sensorysystems involved in postural control, decreased with increasing age. the aim ofthis study was to investigate the effects of age and manipulation of sensoryinformation on the postural control. for this purpose, displacement of the anterio...