title: Equiperception maneuvers.
abstract: Based on a study of the physical mechanism of the utricular otolith, equiperception maneuvers are quantitatively defined. Analytic expressions are presented along with examples of different aircraft dynamic states having the same perceived sensation. Equiperception maneuvers are particularly important for investigating aircraft accidents where pilot misjudgment may be caused by confusing one aircraft maneuver for another (e.g. errors in approach angle or climb angle). Equiperception maneuvers are also important for motion simulation in aircraft trainers.
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D009038:Motion; D010465:Perception; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000502:physiology