Voor mijn afstudeer onderzoek aan de TU Delft heb ik een interface ontwikkeld voor een nieuwe landings procedure. Om deze interface te testen op verschillende facetten heb ik een simulator experiment opgezet. Daarom ben ik op zoek naar professionele verkeersvliegers met substantiele vliegervaring die het leuk vinden om te participeren. Het onderzoek vindt plaats in Delft en duurt een dagdeel (ochtend of middag).
Onder aan deze email staat alvast een korte beschrijving van de aard en het doel van het onderzoek. Mocht u binnen de doelgroep vallen en interesse hebben om te participeren in dit experiment, dan hoor ik graag van u via email!
Met vriendelijke groet,
Menno van Dijk
m.v.vandijk@student.tudelft.nl
Control and Simulation Division
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Delft University of Technology
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Noise pollution is a major problem in today’s commercial aviation sector. In particular, the approach phase has a big noise impact on the community surrounding an airport. In current step-wise landing procedures, aircraft fly level segments at relatively low altitudes, and landing gear and flaps need to be extended at an early stage. This leads to an unnecessary increase in air frame noise and engine noise.
Research at this faculty focuses on alternative landing procedures that reduce the noise impact, known as Noise Abatement Procedures. One of these procedures is the Continuous Descent Approach (CDA), which is used at Schiphol these days. In this experiment, a modified CDA will be tested, the so-called Fixed Flap Free Path Approach (3FPA). In this new approach procedure the only restrictions the pilot has to cope with are the fact that the aircraft is not allowed to accelerate nor climb, and that configuration changes need to made according to fixed speed ranges. Within these constraints the path of the aircraft (e.g. the speed and altitude profile) is completely free. Due to this freedom, for each approach the pilot is able to choose an approach path that is optimal for that specific situation.
In order to support pilots in flying the 3FPA an interface is designed, consisting of an enhanced Primary Flight Display (PFD) & Vertical Situation Display (VSD) combination. The interface provides information on the possibilities of the aircraft to reach the runway safely. In this experiment the enhanced PFD & VSD combination will be tested in a simulator experiment using the Cessna Citation 500 model. The data retrieved in this experiment will be used to evaluate the interface in terms of pilot performance and pilot workload.
Onder aan deze email staat alvast een korte beschrijving van de aard en het doel van het onderzoek. Mocht u binnen de doelgroep vallen en interesse hebben om te participeren in dit experiment, dan hoor ik graag van u via email!
Met vriendelijke groet,
Menno van Dijk
m.v.vandijk@student.tudelft.nl
Control and Simulation Division
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Delft University of Technology
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Noise pollution is a major problem in today’s commercial aviation sector. In particular, the approach phase has a big noise impact on the community surrounding an airport. In current step-wise landing procedures, aircraft fly level segments at relatively low altitudes, and landing gear and flaps need to be extended at an early stage. This leads to an unnecessary increase in air frame noise and engine noise.
Research at this faculty focuses on alternative landing procedures that reduce the noise impact, known as Noise Abatement Procedures. One of these procedures is the Continuous Descent Approach (CDA), which is used at Schiphol these days. In this experiment, a modified CDA will be tested, the so-called Fixed Flap Free Path Approach (3FPA). In this new approach procedure the only restrictions the pilot has to cope with are the fact that the aircraft is not allowed to accelerate nor climb, and that configuration changes need to made according to fixed speed ranges. Within these constraints the path of the aircraft (e.g. the speed and altitude profile) is completely free. Due to this freedom, for each approach the pilot is able to choose an approach path that is optimal for that specific situation.
In order to support pilots in flying the 3FPA an interface is designed, consisting of an enhanced Primary Flight Display (PFD) & Vertical Situation Display (VSD) combination. The interface provides information on the possibilities of the aircraft to reach the runway safely. In this experiment the enhanced PFD & VSD combination will be tested in a simulator experiment using the Cessna Citation 500 model. The data retrieved in this experiment will be used to evaluate the interface in terms of pilot performance and pilot workload.