24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.4.4

DESIGN OF TUNNEL-IN-THE-SKY DISPLAY AND CURVED TRAJECTORY

K. Funabiki
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

Keywords: Tunnel-in-the-Sky, Flight Simulation and Situation Awareness

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been researching a perspective display format called “Tunnel-in-the-Sky”, which provides a pilot with navigation and guidance cues using a perspective image of a nominal trajectory. The proposed display and trajectory definition scheme were designed to minimize tracking error and workload while giving a high level of pilot situational awareness.

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