MANUAL STEERING OF A SIMULATED SURFACE EFFECT SHIP

Crew performance in the motion environment of a large generic high speed surface effect ship has been investigated by means of a motion base simulation. The likely steering loop closures comprise heading and lateral displacement for the course-keeping task investigated. Regardless of the influence of workload, steering technique, water speed, and sea state, the helmsmen apparently adopted a disturbance regulation bandwith of about 0,2 Rad/Sec for lateral displacement.