The purpose of this research was to develop procedures for objectively evaluating Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) student performance in flight. Maneuvers of the Basic Instrument phase were addressed. Descriptive inflight scoring procedures to assess absolute deviations of desired values from observed values at designated times, were developed. Desired values were determined on the basis of the rates specified in IERW training guides. Observed values were instrument indications of airspeed, altitude, or heading at those times. Four tolerance categories were incorporated into alternative six-point maneuver scoring algorithms designed to assess aircraft control precision. The criterion for acceptable proficiency was the maintenance of each sampled measure within standard IERW tolerance limits for each sampling point of a maneuver. Tests of the objective scoring procedures were conducted in the UH-1 flight simulator.
