nasa upset recovery research program

The NASTAR Center recently completed a study working in conjunction with NASA to evaluate the effectiveness of using sustained motion centrifuge based simulators for commercial airline Upset Recovery Training (URT). Utilizing the NASTAR Center's GYROLAB GL-2000, the study involved 40 professional commercial pilots. The GL-2000 was programmed using the standard Generic Large Transport (GLT) aeromodel with the cockpit configured to closely resemble a Boeing 757. Hardware from an actual Boeing 757 was installed further enhancing the simulation. Results will be published shortly, so please check back for a link to that document.

faa upset recovery research program

The NASTAR Center participated in a study in cooperation with the FAA and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), comparing various types of URT on performance of new pilots in upset recovery. Three groups of 25 ERAU students were given classroom instruction at ERAU. The first group was limited to only classroom training, the second was given further training using a desktop PC based flight simulator, and the final group was given training in addition to the classroom training in the GYROLAB GL-2000 configured as American Champion Aircraft (ACA) Decathlon. The results of the three groups allowed us to understand the benefits of URT utilizing our unique simulator capabilities.