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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 111 - Reno, Nevada - March 2013
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE A – AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE VEHICLES 8.2 Pilot Gain and the Workload Buildup Flight Test Technique
Title	Pilot Gain and the Workload Buildup Flight Test Technique Best Presentation Award
Presenter	Ina Niewind
Affiliation	DLR Institute of Flight Systems
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Abstract	Pilot Gain and the Workload Buildup Flight Test Technique Ina Niewind, German Aerospace Center Email: Ina.Niewind@dlr.de Tel.: +49-(0)8459-80-2595 Abstract The workload buildup flight test technique was introduced by the USAF Test Pilot School only few years ago. It is a new technique in the field of handling qualities flight test and has the potential to ¡§drive pilot gain¡¨. This effect is of specific interest because in spite of all efforts the maximum pilot gain which will occur during the operational use of the aircraft cannot be reached during flight test as pilots have their highest gain in a life-threatening situation. Thus, quite unlike any other envelope in flight test, the pilot gain envelope cannot be fully covered during the development of a new aircraft. It is unlikely that any technique will ever successfully lead to pilot gain which is as high as the pilot gain of a life-threatening situation. But there is a clear demand to push the pilot gain envelope even more and reduce the gap between the maximum pilot gain in flight test and operational use. This presentation shows the results of a simulator study with 12 experimental test pilots and 12 operational test pilots which was designed to answer the following central questions: - Can previous results by the USAF Test Pilot School be confirmed, i.e. is there a systematic pilot gain increase with decreasing boundary displacement? - Can the workload buildup flight test technique lead to higher pilot gain than the conventional approach which requires the pilots to apply high pilot gain on command? - Which potential pilot gain measures exist and how can their applicability be validated?