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Helicopter Pilot Model for Pitch Attitude Tracking Task

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A helicopter pilot model as a part of the pilot-vehicle system is analyzed for the task of pitch attitude tracking in forward flight. Analytical helicopter pilot model, following the Efremov’s modification of the structural model, is defined through the optimization algorithm based on the minimum of the error variance. A set of the pilot-in-the-loop experiments were conducted at the research helicopter flight simulator with a fixed base and high fidelity visual system. In these experiments pilots were given different pitch commands visually at the primary flight display and the helicopter’s resulting pitch attitude was recorded. These results from the flight simulator experiments were used for the comparison with the results of the pilot-vehicle system with the defined analytical pilot model.

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This research was supported by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Zagreb, I. Lucica 5, 10002, Zagreb, Croatia

    Milan Vrdoljak

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Helicopter Technology (HT), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Franz Viertler & Manfred Hajek

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Flight System Dynamics (FSD), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Matthias Heller

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  1. Avionics and Control Systems Department, Rzeszów University of Technology, Rzeszów, Poland

    Bogusław Dołęga

  2. The Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    Robert Głębocki

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Vrdoljak, M., Viertler, F., Hajek, M., Heller, M. (2018). Helicopter Pilot Model for Pitch Attitude Tracking Task. In: Dołęga, B., Głębocki, R., Kordos, D., Żugaj, M. (eds) Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65283-2_12

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