Examination of the effect and the issue of felling training using simulated trees

accuracy of felling direction and hinge cutting

Abstract

We experimented to clarifying the effects and issue of felling training using simulated trees. We conducted two kinds of experiments; comparative test without training and effectiveness verification test with the training. In each experiment we evaluated felling skills by measuring the accuracy of felling direction, width of hinge and height of hinge, three times each. Regardless of the initial skill level of the test subject, only skills to determine the felling direction tended to be learned quickly when using simulated trees. From this result, it is inferred that securing the repetition number of training using a simulated trees works advantageously to improve the skill defining the felling direction.