Title

Electronic Radar Target Simulator For Air Traffic Control Studies

Date

1954

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Complete

Report Number

WADC TR 54-569

Creator

Hixon, W. Carroll

Warren, C. E.

Cowan, John D., Jr.

Harter, George A.

Corporate Author

Aviation Psychology Laboratory, Ohio State University

Laboratory

Aero Medical Laboratory

Extent

91

PB Number

PB133526

NTRL Accession Number

AD095405

Identifier

AD0095405

Access Rights

Unknown

Distribution Classification

1

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

AFWAL LTR

Distribution Conflict

Fix

Abstract

The radar simulator described in this report has been designed for research on air traffic problems arising from the need to control large numbers of aircraft in the vicinity of a landing field. The simulator provides independent control of speed and heading for thirty aircraft targets. The targets are displayed on a PPI-type display with simulated ranges of either ten or fifty miles.The simulator has been designed to provide a high degree of accuracy in the generation of the target course so that the characteristics of the human traffic controller will not be obscured by simulator inaccuracies. The simulator display system is flexible, providing for several types of target identification including target shape coding and a light-pencil target identifier.The techniques of simulation and the specific device described in the report, although developed specifically for air traffic control research, may be of interest to other agencies concerned with training, maintenance, or research not only on return-to-base problems, but also in the general air defense problem.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1954-12

Provenance

Hunt Library, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Type

report

Format

1 online resource