Transfer of training and simulator qualification or myth and folklore in helicopter simulation

Abstract

Verbatim from NASA NTRS. Not paraphrased, not summarized.

Transfer of training studies at Fort Rucker using the backward-transfer paradigm have shown that existing flight simulators are not entirely adequate for meeting training requirements. Using an ab initio training research simulator, a simulation of the UH-1, training effectiveness ratios were developed. The data demonstrate it to be a cost-effective primary trainer. A simulator qualification method was suggested in which a combination of these transfer-of-training paradigms is used to determine overall simulator fidelity and training effectiveness.

Author

• Dohme, Jack NASA Ames Research Center