08Jun 2018

ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES OF BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE PILOTS FOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE T-27 AIRCRAFT COCKPIT.

  • Universidade da For?a A?rea, Programa de P?s-gradua??o em Desempenho Humano Operacional/ PPGDHO, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
  • Programa Interstitucional de P?s Gradua??o em Ci?ncias Fisiol?gicas- PIPGCF UFSCar/ UNESP, S?o Carlos, SP, Brasil.
  • Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeir?o Preto ? Universidade de S?o Paulo. Ribeir?o Preto, SP, Brasil .
  • Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba- UNIMEP, Programa de P?s Gradua??o em Ci?ncias do Movimento Humano, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
  • Instituto de Ci?ncias da Atividade F?sica - ICAF, Comiss?o de Desportos da Aeron?utica- CDA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
  • Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeir?o Preto, Programa de P?s Gradua??o em Ci?ncias da Sa?de Aplicadas ao Aparelho Locomotor, Ribeir?o Preto, SP, Brasil.
  • Academia da For?a A?rea, Pirassununga, SP, Brasil.
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The present study aimed to verify if the ergonomic design of the cockpit of the T-27 aircraft is compatible with the anthropometric profile of Brazilian young people who join the Air Force Academy (AFA). The anthropometric measures related to flight safety were: body mass, height, sitting height, height of the position of the eyes, sitting shoulder height, functional distance (upper limbs), distance from knee to hip, and sitting knee height. Descriptive statistics, comparison of suitability between the sexes, and percentage distribution for each variable were performed, analyzing the values between the 5th and 95th percentiles and their compatibility with the anthropometric requirements of the aircraft. It was evidenced that, for the cockpit of the T-27 Tucano aircraft, the percentages of the male population presented greater suitability (up to 90%) in relation to the female (below 90%). It was concluded that there is a need for new analyzes of the national anthropometric profile, aiming at optimizing the dimensions of pilot cabins and providing information to the target population in the preparation of future aircraft projects.

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  13. Autor respons?vel: Thiago Augusto Rochetti Bezerra, Endere?o para correspond?ncia: Universidade da For?a A?rea, Programa de P?s-gradua??o em Desempenho Humano Operacional, Av. Marechal Fontenelle, 1200, Campos dos Afonsos.
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[Thiago Augusto Rochetti Bezerra, Phelipe Henrique Cardoso de Castro, Gabriel Guidorizzi Zanetti, Leandra Cristina Benetti Campos, Juliana Cristina Viola, Grace Guindani, Rodrigo Romero Faria Santos and Fabio Angioluci Diniz Campos. (2018); ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES OF BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE PILOTS FOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE T-27 AIRCRAFT COCKPIT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jun). 383-394] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Phd. thiago augusto rochetti bezerra
Universidade da Força Aérea, Programa de Pós-graduação em Desempenho Humano Operacional/ PPGDHO, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7223      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/7223

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