An intelligent tutoring system for simulator-based helicopter flight training
Sandeep S. Mulgund, Mehran Asdigha, Greg L. Zacharias, Kalmanje S. Krishnakumar, John A. Dohme · Flight Simulation Technologies Conference · 1995
The development of an intelligent tutoring system for helicopter flight training is described. The Intelligent Flight Trainer (IFT) is a simulator-based system designed to assist students in developing proficiency on a suite of initial entry rotary wing maneuvers. It encapsulates instructor pilot domain knowledge in an expert system shell that provides tutorial and performance monitoring functions through a synthetic voice generator. The expert system shell works in concert with a variable stability augmentation control law that makes it easier for a neophyte student to control the motion of the simulated vehicle. Experimental verification of the IFT is currently under way at the UH-1 Training Research Simulator at Fort Rucker. NOMENCLATURE airborne flight training, and they have been used widely for both civilian and military training. Simulators operate indoors and are not affected by weather, and they are not subject to the problems and accidents that may occur in real fligh...