Effects of variations in control deadspace and gain on tracking performance /
prepared by Marty R. Rockway.

Description

Main Author

Rockway, Marty R.

Related Names

United States. Air Force.
Wright Air Development Center.
Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.)
Ohio State University.

Language(s)

English

Published

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1957.

Subjects

Human engineering.
Flight simulators.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Control systems.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Control systems.
Human engineering.
Flight simulators.
Technical reports.
Technical reports.

Summary

The present experiment was designed to investigate the effects of joint variations in control deadspace and gain on the efficiency of a first-order manual control system. Six experienced subjects performed on a one-dimensional compensatory tracking device using each of the twelve control conditions resulting from combining four levels of control deadspace and three levels of gain. The experimental results were as follows: (a) There was a systematic decrease in system performance with increasing control deadspace. (b) In general, performance with the low and medium control gains was superior to performance with the high gain. And, (c) the higher the control gain the greater the rate of decrease in system performance with increasing control deadspace.

Note

"WADC-TR-57-326"--Title page verso.
"ASTIA Document No. AD 118347."
"September 1957."

Physical Description

iv, 12 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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