"R&A Kyle" wrote in message
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A typical AI display is "inside out", ie the view is from inside the plane
looking out. Some (Russian) aircraft use the reverse display, ie a fixed
horizon and a moving airplane graphic. Does anyone know of work done to
measure the human factors benefits / penalties of these two approaches?

Roscoe put the case for a change in:
http://www.evergreenairlines.com/saf...t/flt0007.html

I'm not convinced about the thoroughness of the argument. He cites the
Stonecipher experiment as follows:

"An experiment at the University of Illinois showed that of 20 private
pilots without instrument flight training who were suddenly deprived of
outside visual reference, all lost directional control in an average of
three minutes. In trying to maintain altitude, they only tightened their
diving turns. Making such bank-control reversals while using a conventional
attitude indicator is primarily a general aviation problem."

I've posted on rec.aviation before about misconceptions of the Stonecipher
experiment. There was *no* AI available to the subjects in the experiment.

Julian Scarfe