Abstract: The visual field of the fighter cockpit is an important factor in theinterface of man-machine system. There has been a lot of work done onthe visual field out of the fighter cockpit, but very little on the visualfield within the cockpit. In this study, the reaction time to 32 visualtargets distributed on a main instrument panel simulating the conditionof the fighter cockpit was tested in 100 aircrew with self-designedtachistoscope and visual target box. The main instrument panel wasdivided into 8 areas(4 upper and 4 lower), and the data obtained werestatistically sorted out. It was found that the two upper middle areaswere the best visual areas, the right lower one was moderately good,and the rest were good when the main instrument panel was dividedinto 4 areas (2 upper and 2 lower), the visual effectiveness of the upperareas was better than that of the lower ones, and the left ones werebetter than the right ones. The result of this study accords with thegeneral law of psychotechnology.

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