Design and evaluation of a Flight Envelope Protection haptic feedback system

Joost Ellerbroek; Mitchell Rodriguez Martin; T Lombaerts; Rene van Paassen; Max Mulder

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.481

Design and evaluation of a Flight Envelope Protection haptic feedback system

Joost Ellerbroek, Mitchell Rodriguez Martin, T Lombaerts, Rene van Paassen, Max Mulder

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This paper describes the design and evaluation of a shared control, haptic feedback system to communicate Flight Envelope Protection System intent. The concept uses a combination of stiffness feedback and vibration to communicate proximity of the aircraft state to flight envelope boundaries. In addition, a stick center shift can be applied by the envelope protection system to cooperatively perform corrective actions in case of severe excursions of the envelope margins. Results from the evaluation experiment show improved performance with haptic feedback in both scenarios. Workload ratings were unaffected. Pilot opinion was unanimously positive, especially with regard to the combination of stiffness feedback and vibration cues.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-176
Journal	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume	49
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.481
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	13th IFAC Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 30 Aug 2016 → 2 Sept 2016

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shared control
haptics
flight envelope protection

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