Human Force Exertions in Aircraft Control Locations
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Experiments were conducted to measure the maximum isometric forces male subjects could exert at six locations of hand-operated aircraft controls. Forces were measured in two vertical and four to eight horizontal directions. The subjects (n=51) sat in a simulated aircraft seat and exerted forces on a cylindrical handle. Selected anthropometric dimensions were obtained on the subjects and compared with those from the 1967 USAF anthropometric survey of flying personnel. Summary statistics, including the mean, standard error of the mean, standard deviation, standard error of the standard deviation, coefficient of variation, symmetry, kurtosis, and selected percentiles, are presented for each of the 44 force exertion measures.
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Experiments were conducted to measure the maximum isometric forces male subjects could exert at six locations of hand-operated aircraft controls. Forces were measured in two vertical and four to eight horizontal directions. The subjects (n=51) sat in a simulated aircraft seat and exerted forces on a cylindrical handle. Selected anthropometric dimensions were obtained on the subjects and compared with those from the 1967 USAF anthropometric survey of flying personnel. Summary statistics, including the mean, standard error of the mean, standard deviation, standard error of the standard deviation, coefficient of variation, symmetry, kurtosis, and selected percentiles, are presented for each of the 44 force exertion measures.
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