Transfer of Simulated Instrument Training to Instrument and Contact Flight

Pfeiffer, Mark G.; Horey, Jeffrey; Butrimas, Steven K.

doi:10.1207/s15327108ijap0103_3

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“…The possible merits of VR are increasingly investigated within the field of cognitive ergonomics. For example, research has shown that flight simulators can effectively improve pilot performance related to landing skills (Hays et al, 1992a(Hays et al, , 1992b and instrument and flight control abilities (Pfeiffer et al, 1991). Additionally, skill training using virtual environments has been demonstrated to improve user performance in wayfinding (i.e., the ability to navigate through a space; Sebrechts, 2000).…”

Section: Technology-aided Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing training programs for perceptual-motor skills: Practical implications from the serial reaction time task

Abrahamse

Noordzij

2011

European Review of Applied Psychology

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Section: Technology-aided Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing training programs for perceptual-motor skills: Practical implications from the serial reaction time task

Abrahamse

Noordzij

2011

European Review of Applied Psychology

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“…The key to acquiring the necessary motor skills to control complex systems, such as aircraft or heavy machinery, is hands-on and coached training. Researchers have shown that flight simulators effectively improve pilot performance related to landing skills [15] and instrument and flight control abilities [26]. Training using virtual environments has also been demonstrated to improve user performance in closely related developments as Aitemin's mining simulator [2] at Laredo Foundation, where extensive courses have been passed, or as reported by Bernold [7], [9].…”

Section: Training Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experience acquisition simulator for operating microtuneling boring machines

Jardón

Victores

Martínez

et al. 2012

Automation in Construction

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This paper describes an innovative modeling, interfacing and training framework and application for microtunneling machines under heterogeneous gravel and sand soils, based on a machine simulator. It is initialized using a selective collection of skilled pilots' know-how during the performance of a pipe jacking microtunneling machine operation, generating a rule-based system based on grouped rules and states that replicate the machine's performance. The adjustment of these states and associated rules allows the creation, setup and analysis of a realistic functional model for tunneling machines. The developed system integrates a friendly Human-Machine Interface (HMI) that closely resembles real machines' pilot cabinets and allows natural interaction with the implemented inference engine through the simulated control panel. Additionally, the framework allows the training of tunneling machine operators by simulation and subsequent gathered data analysis, obviating or reducing mechanical movement times if desired. The virtual pilot's desk allows global training time and cost reductions, and increases safety for future operators and machinery. The HMI is divided into two screens, which replicate the data and the command panels of a real machine's control desk. The presented framework has allowed the first implementation of a jack piping microtunneling machine simulator by means of the developed pilots' steering know-how capture methodology.

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“…Since the mid-1980s, several studies have examined transfer and/or quasi-transfer of training of flying skills (Lintern & Garrison, 1992;Lintern, Roscoe, Koonce, & Segal, 1990;Lintern, Roscoe, & Sivier, 1990;Lintern, Sheppard, Parker, Yates, & Nolan, 1989;Lintern, Taylor, Koonce, Kaiser, & Morrison, 1997;Lintern, Thomley-Yates, Nelson, & Roscoe, 1987;Pfeiffer, Horey, & Butrimas, 1991;Taylor, Lintern, & Koonce, 1993;Westra, et al, 1986;Wightman & Sistrunk, 1987). Although simulators have been used to train several aspects of flying (e.g., takeoff, landing, instruments, control), by far, the most frequently investigated use of simulators was for training landing skills.…”

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Transfer of Training Effectiveness in Flight Simulation: 1986 to 1997.

Carretta¹,

Dunlap²

1998

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REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)The purpose of this report was to review recent studies regarding the effectiveness of flight simulators as augmentation for "hands-on" flying training. Simulation-based training has been proposed to reduce costs, extend aircraft life, maintain flying proficiency, and provide more effective training, especially in areas difficult to train in operational aircraft. A review of the literature from 1986 to 1997 identified 67 articles, conference papers, and technical reports regarding simulator flying training and transfer. Of these, only 13 were related directly to transfer of training from the simulator to the aircraft. Studies of simulator effectiveness for training landing skills constituted a majority of the transfer studies, although a few examined other flying skills such as radial bombing accuracy and instrument and flight control. Results indicate that simulators are useful for training landing skills, bombing accuracy, and instrument and flight control. Generally, as the number of simulated sorties increases, performance improves, but this gain levels off after approximately 25 missions. Further, several studies indicate that successful transfer may not require high-fidelity simulators or whole-task training, thus reducing simulator development costs. Evaluation of this literature is difficult for many reasons. Typically, researchers fail to report sufficient detail regarding research methods, training characteristics, and simulator fidelity. In addition to these methodological concerns, there is a lack of true simulator-to-aircraft transfer studies involving complex pilot skills. This may be due to problems such as inadequate simulator design, cost, and availability, and access to simulators in operational flying units. Future directions in simulator transfer of training are discussed.

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Transfer of Simulated Instrument Training to Instrument and Contact Flight

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

Designing training programs for perceptual-motor skills: Practical implications from the serial reaction time task

Designing training programs for perceptual-motor skills: Practical implications from the serial reaction time task

Experience acquisition simulator for operating microtuneling boring machines

Transfer of Training Effectiveness in Flight Simulation: 1986 to 1997.

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