Trigger event – a key factor in adverse Aircraft/Rotorcraft Pilot Couplings

Abstract

An important element that interacts unfavorably with pilot and aircraft is the triggering event. Without a trigger event (or a chain of triggering events) A/RPC does not appear. This study presents an overview of different classes of triggers that can initiate an A/RPC phenomenon. Based on extended analysis of triggering events a new definition is proposed.

Keywords

• Aircraft/Rotorcraft Pilot Coupling
• Pilot Induced Oscillations
• Pilot Assisted Oscillations
• biomechanical coupling
• visual cues
• pilot visual perception
• optical illusion
• Usable Cues Environment
• Visual Cue Rating