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Human Factors Guidelines for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Remote Pilot Stations (RPS)This document contains a list of human factors guidelines for remote pilot stations (RPS) arranged within an organizing structure. The guidelines are intended for the remote pilot stations (RPSs) of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) that are capable of operating beyond visual line-of-sight in all airspace classes of the United States National Airspace System (NAS). Numerous human factors guidelines and standards for technological systems have been published by standards agencies and regulatory authorities. In compiling this document, the intent was not to reproduce or re-state existing human factors material. Instead, this document focuses on the unique issues of civilian RPAS, and contains guidelines specific to this sector. As a result, it should be seen as a supplement to existing aviation human factors standards and guidance material. Two constraints were used to focus the scope of this document. First, the assumptions contained in the FAA (2013a) UAS roadmap were used to define the responsibilities that will be assigned to the pilot of a RPAS operating beyond visual line-of-sight in the NAS. This in turn, helped to define the tasks that the remote pilot must perform via the RPS, and thereby the required features and characteristics of the RPS. Second, the points of difference between RPAS and conventional aviation were used to further focus the guidelines on the considerations that make piloting a RPA significantly different to piloting a conventional aircraft. Five broad categories of guidelines are identified. These are (1) performance-based descriptions of pilot tasks that must be accomplished via the RPS, (2) information content of displays, (3) descriptions of control inputs, (4) properties of the interface, and (5) high-level design considerations. Some of the guidelines in this document have been adapted from existing RPAS human factors material from several sources, including RTCA publications and Standardization Agreements (STANAGs) published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Document ID
20190000211
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Hobbs, Alan (San Jose State Univ. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Lyall, Beth (Research Integrations, Inc. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
January 31, 2019
Publication Date
July 1, 2016
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN34128
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX12AB08A
WBS: WBS 357672.04.02.01.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
unmanned
remotely-piloted aircraft
remote pilot station

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