25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-6.2.2 INVITED:

CURVED AND STEEP APPROACH FLIGHT TESTS OF A LOW-COST 3D-DISPLAY FOR GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT

G. Sachs, R. Sperl, I. Sturhan
TU Munich, Germany

Keywords: 3D-display, predictor-tunnel display, general aviation

A low-cost display presenting guidance information in a 3-dimensional format for small aircraft has been developed. It presents a tunnel image showing the command trajectory, a predictor and an outside world image. Results from flight-tests show a significant support for the pilot during demanding control tasks.

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