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Results of the test campaigns

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The pilot was trained for 30 minutes before takeoff to get used to the new interface;

training was performed using the CIL workstation connected to a laptop pc. As shown in

Figure 101, the new interface provides a position predictor shown as red dot, if the red dot

remains inside the guidance tunnel, the tunnel structure is highlighted. This information is

very useful to the pilot because the aircraft can be flown trying to maintain the prediction

inside the tunnel, thus anticipating the maneuvers. The air data values displayed over the

graphical representation, like in a Head Up Display, allows piloting without watching to

the standard analogue instruments down in the dashboard.

Figure 101:Second flight campaign, Pilot training system

Flight data analysis is shown in Figure 102, Figure 103 and Figure 104. This time, the

tunnel was set to 50x50 m and the pilot succeeded in remaining inside the tunnel for

almost the whole rectilinear part of the circuit (for what concerns the horizontal trajectory

differences) while had no problems in keeping the aircraft inside the tunnel at the planned

altitude. During this 6 minutes flight, 164 images were acquired.

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