A Dynamic Field Theory Based Pilot Model To Control Aircraft Pitch Attitudes

2015-09-25
Yasin, Kaygusuz
Çakır, Murat Perit
In this study, a dynamic field theory (DFT) based cognitive model of a pilot performing pitch attitude control of a 3 degree of freedom aircraft model is presented. The cognitive model is validated by comparing the pilot model’s pitch attitude hold performance with real flight test results of a human pilot on a real aircraft. A high degree of similarity was observed between the behaviour of the human pilot and the DFT model. The paper contains a brief summary of older control theory based pilot models, describes the similarities between control theoretic and DFT approaches, and shows the DFT pilot’s flexibility to adapt to different temporal behaviours
EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference on Cognitive Science ( 25 - 27 Eylül 2015)

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Citation Formats
K. Yasin and M. P. Çakır, “A Dynamic Field Theory Based Pilot Model To Control Aircraft Pitch Attitudes,” presented at the EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference on Cognitive Science ( 25 - 27 Eylül 2015), 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.eapcogsci2015.it/conference-proceedings/.