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A Study on the Certification System for eVTOL Aircraft

전기추진 수직이착륙 항공기 인증제도에 대한 고찰

  • Lim, Daejin (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yee, Kwanjung (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 임대진 (서울대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 이관중 (서울대학교 항공우주공학과)
  • Received : 2020.12.21
  • Accepted : 2021.03.05
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

As the feasibility of urban air mobility (UAM) service using electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft increases due to aircraft electrification, distributed propulsion, and artificial intelligence technologies, the U.S. and European aeronautical societies have been improving their certification system and regulations for the type certification of eVTOL. The improved certification system is expected to be ready in the near future, after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed the VTOL Special Condition, SC-VTOL in 2019. However, the current domestic certification system is still insufficient to properly respond to eVTOL. This study investigated the development trends of foreign eVTOL and certification systems, identified considerations to improve the domestic certification system, and proposed the measures for type certificates and type certificates validation of eVTOL based on the comparison between SC-VTOL and Korea airworthiness standards (KAS).

항공기 추진시스템 전동화, 분산추진기술, 자율지능기술의 발달로 전기추진 수직이착륙 항공기(eVTOL: Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing)를 활용한 도심항공교통서비스 구현 가능성이 높아짐에 따라 미국, 유럽 등 항공선진국들에서 전기추진 수직이착륙 항공기에 대한 인증제도 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 2019년 유럽항공안전청이 수직이착륙 항공기를 위한 새로운 기술기준 SC-VTOL을 고시하는 등 근시일 내 인증제도 마련이 예상되나 국내 인증제도는 eVTOL 항공기의 개발과 시장 운용에 대비가 미비하다. 본 연구에서는 해외 eVTOL 개발과 인증제도 마련 동향을 조사하고, 미국/유럽의 제도개선 방향을 분석하여 국내에 관련 인증제도 마련을 위한 고려사항을 분석하였다. 이 후 SC-VTOL과 현행 국내 항공기기술기준을 비교분석하고 국내 eVTOL 항공기 형식증명/형식증명승인을 위한 방안을 제시하였다.

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