A study was undertaken to investigate applications of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) in the operation of current, conventionally equipped transport aircraft. Since flight decks of the current transport-aircraft fleet probably will nto be reconfigured to accommodate a special display dedicated to this purpose, the weather-radar cathode-ray tube (CRT) is the prime contender for the presentation of CDTI. However, unique problems may result from the use of the weather-radar CRT for CDTI, since the CRT size is not optimized for CDTI applications and the CRT is not in the pilot's primary visual scan area. The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of display size on the ability of pilots to utilize the traffic information to maintain a specified spacing interval behind a lead aircraft during an approach task. The five display sizes considered are representative of the display hardware configurations of airborne weather-radar systems.
Effect of Display Size on Utilization of Traffic Situation Display for Self-Spacing Task
1981
30 pages
Report
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English