Forget joysticks, use your torso to pilot drones
sciencedaily.com
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Until you sneeze, and double over to cover your mouth and send your aircraft plummeting to the ground :P
(Also, we're still calling all unmanned, but ultimately human controlled aircraft 'drones'? This is never going away, is it?)
No, it was the usage for which the application of the term to vehicles was adopted in the early 20th century, it's been that way for nearly a full century, and it's not changing.
What's your problem with it?
I'm chiefly curious how/if this system allows operators to adjust or control things like trim-for example and what that mechanism looks like using one's torso as an input source.
Furthermore with a joystick, the resistance of the sticks counts as it's own input mechanism; less about fine-tuned control for its own sake but more about that fine tuned control as an input mechanism of its own.
I think that speaks to your statement here:
An intuitive interface is not necessarily the best interface for skilled users.
Absolutely.
That being said, being able to control yaw by turning one's head-similar to how the AAIH works for AH-64 pilots is something I would welcome-or at least play around with. The rest--possibly, but with reservation.
This seems much more suited for something like a drone that needs to be more or less level with the ground most of the time.
The research is also cheating, torso control uses a VR headset while joystick does not, and responds to head turning while joystick system doesn't. The headgear view is well researched to be important as shown half a century ago in fighter jets.