Date/Time
2025-08-14
09:00:00 - 10:00:00 Pacific
09:00:00 - 10:00:00 Pacific
Event Description
Whether for military HQ testing or for civil Means of Compliance, piloted evaluations form a critical part of the development of any modern aircraft. The most widely accepted evaluation approach for operations in hover and low-speed flight is the military rotorcraft standard ADS-33, now MIL-DTL-32742.
Assigned HQs are awarded using short-look Mission Task Elements (MTEs) that are meant to represent mission requirements. Test courses focus on external visual cues, leveraged by the pilot to judge position, rate, etc. These courses usually require a significant test space with dedicated infrastructure and are often expensive to setup and maintain.
The MCRUER (Means of Compliance Requirements for UAM Evaluations and Ratings) system supports HQ evaluations, replacing physical test courses with virtual displays. Four MTEs were successfully demonstrated in flight by four pilots using a variable stability rotorcraft. HQ evaluations were performed using both physical courses (live) and the MCRUER virtual courses. We will discuss the results of the Handling Qualities Ratings (HQR) comparisons in addition to task performance, inceptor activity, and pilot feedback. Differences observed between the two cueing environments will be described as well. Overall, virtual displays were found to improve pilot adherence to task specifications, at times exceeding live-courses for specific tasks. Virtual test courses such as those hosted in MCRUER open up the potential to define and evaluate MTEs up and away, including high speed evaluations, extending beyond the limitations of ground-based courses
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Assigned HQs are awarded using short-look Mission Task Elements (MTEs) that are meant to represent mission requirements. Test courses focus on external visual cues, leveraged by the pilot to judge position, rate, etc. These courses usually require a significant test space with dedicated infrastructure and are often expensive to setup and maintain.
The MCRUER (Means of Compliance Requirements for UAM Evaluations and Ratings) system supports HQ evaluations, replacing physical test courses with virtual displays. Four MTEs were successfully demonstrated in flight by four pilots using a variable stability rotorcraft. HQ evaluations were performed using both physical courses (live) and the MCRUER virtual courses. We will discuss the results of the Handling Qualities Ratings (HQR) comparisons in addition to task performance, inceptor activity, and pilot feedback. Differences observed between the two cueing environments will be described as well. Overall, virtual displays were found to improve pilot adherence to task specifications, at times exceeding live-courses for specific tasks. Virtual test courses such as those hosted in MCRUER open up the potential to define and evaluate MTEs up and away, including high speed evaluations, extending beyond the limitations of ground-based courses
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Setting: Live Virtual
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