There is evidence that the force required to control an aircraft in flight might exceed the capability of some pilots, particularly during manoeuvres of long duration (McDaniel, 1994). Furthermore, investigations of both static and dynamic force production have reported higher variability in force production at both high force levels and at very low force levels (Newell and Carlton, 1988; Sherw...

Over the years, along with the progress and development of science and technology, the number and size of large vessels are enlarging continuously, which brings a lot of pressure to the pilots. To lighten the heavy burden of the pilots and decrease the possibility of the accident during the pilotage, the berthing system of large vessels is researched and implement. The system is an electronic c...

Introduction Channel equalisation for OFDM signals is an important aspect for achieving good communication performance. Several OFDM based standards, like the European standard DVB-T and the Japanese standard ISDB-T, have adopted the approach of inserting scattered pilots in each transmitted OFDM symbols for some of the modulation modes. Since the data modulated on these scattered pilots are pr...

INTRODUCTION Performing specific neck strengthening exercises has been proposed to decrease the incidence of neck injury and pain in high performance combat pilots. However, there is little known about these exercises in comparison to the demands on the neck musculature in flight. METHODS Eight male non-pilots performed specific neck exercises using two different modalities (elastic band and ...

The experiments described here explored how pilots want available maneuver authority information transmitted and how this information affects pilots before and after an aircraft failure. The aircraft dynamic variables relative to flight performance were narrowed to energy management variables. A survey was conducted to determine what these variables should be. Survey results indicated that bank...

Highway-in-the-sky displays and haptic shared control could provide an easy-to-use control interface for non-expert pilots. In this paper, various display and haptic approaches are evaluated in a flight control task with a personal aerial vehicle. It is shown that a tunnel or a wall representation of the flight trajectory lead to best performance and lowest control activity and effort. Similar ...

Introduction: Most of previous studies on dyslipidemia among pilots were cross-sectional surveys which cannot explore the temporal trend of dyslipidemia, and these studies were normally conducted at least five years ago. In addition, studies focusing on pilots in Southwest China are scarce. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of and trends in dyslipidemia among pilots f...

This paper considers the physical layer security of a pilot-based massive multiple-input multiple-output (MaMIMO) system in presence of a multi-antenna jammer. To improve security of the network, we propose a new jamming detection method that makes use of a generalized likelihood ratio test over some coherence blocks. Our proposed method utilizes intentionally unused pilots in the network. The ...

Recent research has reported widespread high levels of fatigue among pilots. Pilot can affect their performance and become a threat to flight safety. This study examines whether different time limitations (FTL) rosters EASA-based Australian pilots were associated with stress, sleep difficulties, levels, symptoms depression or anxiety wellbeing. 192 180 completed cross-sectional online survey, w...

Thirty-two undergraduate pilots from the University of Illinois School of Aviation performed simulated military reconnaissance missions with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Pilots were required to: a) navigate the UAV through a series of mission legs, b) search for possible targets of opportunity, and c) monitor system health. They performed the missions under three types of auditory auto-ale...