The influence of different types of inceptors and their characteristics on the pilot-aircraft system

Abstract The manipulator is one of the task variables of pilot-vehicle system. The influence of its type (side stick and central stick), some of inceptor’s parameters (stiffness, damping) were studied in the paper. For each variable the difference between the displacement sensing control and force sensing control were investigated as well. Each investigation was carried out on the fixed based simulator when the operator executed the pitch control task with the different dynamic configurations. The experiments in the lateral channel were carried out mainly to expose the difference between the pilot actions in longitudinal and lateral channels. The pilot structural model was modified with goal to extend its potentialities for the prediction of influence of the feel system parameters on pilot behavior.