For a system to display bistable behavior (or hysteresis), it is well known that there needs to be a nonlinear component and a feedback mechanism. In the Chua circuit, nonlinearity is supplied by the Chua diode (nonlinear resistor) and in the physical medium, feedback would be inherently present, however, with standard computer models this feedback is omitted. Using Poincaré first return maps, ...

Article history: Received 1 March 2009 Received in revised form 24 June 2010 Accepted 14 December 2011 Available online 22 December 2011

Decreases in simulation costs and increases in aircraft training costs led to the need for further investigation into the application of simulation-based training. Researchers conducted an eighteen-month study using ab initio student pilots as participants. This study applied a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved, Part 142, flight-training curriculum that included 60% flight training...