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Analysis of Flight Performance and Efficiency according tothe Number of Consecutive Flight of Navy Pilots (해군 고정익조종사의 비행 훈련 주기에 따른 비행 효과 분석)

  • JungBong Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2023
  • In the case of the Navy, if some of the co-pilots are included in the long-term promotion process due to the limited number of co-pilots, operational flight and administrative tasks will be added to the co-pilots not included in the rest of the Pilot in commander process. Therefore, to solve this problem, the co-pilot who has passed the PQS step-by-step process minimizes the personnel gap in the flight operation unit through a system that evaluates whether it is possible to perform its duties as a co-pilot through actual flight after entering the school. The advantage of the PQS course is that you can control flight plans on your own and minimize gaps in flight and ground work while carrying out the curriculum, but you can't focus on education or improve your skills due to irregular training flight cycles. Therefore, in this study, after collecting opinions on effective flight cycles through a survey of pilots of P-3C, the Navy's fixed-wing aircraft representative, we will analyze the association of aircraft volume performance by flight cycle to derive the optimal flight cycle of the P-3C pilot course.

Attitude Determination GPS/INS Integrated Navigation System with FDI Algorithm for a UAV

  • Oh Sang Heon;Hwang Dong-Hwan;Park Chansik;Lee Sang Jeong;Kim Se Hwan
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.1529-1543
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    • 2005
  • Recently an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been widely used for military and civil applications. The role of a navigation system in the UAV is to provide navigation data to the flight control computer (FCC) for guidance and control. Since performance of the FCC is highly reliant on the navigation data, a fault in the navigation system may lead to a disastrous failure of the whole UAV. Therefore, the navigation system should possess a fault detection and isolation (FDI) algorithm. This paper proposes an attitude determination GPS/INS integrated navigation system with an FDI algorithm for a UAV. Hardware for the proposed navigation system has been developed. The developed hardware comprises a commercial inertial measurement unit (IMU) and the integrated navigation package (INP) which includes an attitude determination GPS (ADGPS) receiver and a navigation computer unit (NCU). The navigation algorithm was implemented in a real-time operating system with a multi-tasking structure. To evaluate performance of the proposed navigation system, a flight test has been performed using a small aircraft. The test results show that the proposed navigation system can give accurate navigation results even in a high dynamic environment.

Development of Integrated Test Equipment for Airborne SAR System and Control Unit (항공탑재 SAR 시스템 및 통제장치 시험을 위한 통합시험장비 개발)

  • Lee, Hyon-Ik;Hwang, Tae-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.9
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    • pp.747-754
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes SCTE(System and Control unit Test Equipment) as an integrated test equipment for airborne SAR system and control unit. SCTE enhances reusability of test equipment by modular design for required functions and strengthens automatic testing and test convenience by providing functions such as script-based testing function and report generation function. Also, it includes a navigation data simulator which can simulate various flight conditions. In this paper, we details SCTE requirements, H/W and S/W design, implementation, and test results with control unit and SAR system.

Development of Guidance Control Module for GPS Guided Bomb (GPS 유도 폭탄용 유도조종모듈 개발)

  • Lim, Heung-Sik;Yoon, Hyung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.774-780
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    • 2011
  • The guidance control module is needed for control of a GPS guided bombs to improve the accuracy and availability of a conventional bomb. In this paper, we present the development of hardware design, software design and test environments of it. And we also show the process of the tests and the results verifying and proving for its required functions and performances through ground tests and flight tests.

Development of a Coaxial Rotor Flying Robot for Observation (감시용 동축로터 비행로봇의 개발)

  • Kang, Min-Sung;Shin, Jin-Ok;Park, Sang-Deok;Whang, Se-Hee;Cho, Kuk;Kim, Duk-Hoo;Ji, Sang-Ki
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.101-107
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    • 2007
  • A coaxial rotor flying robot is developed for surveying and reconnoitering various circumstances under calamity environment. The robot has two contrarotating rotors on a common axis, an embedded microcontroller, an IMU(Inertial Measurement Unit), an IR sensor for height control, a micro camera for surveillance, ultrasonic position sensors and wireless communication devices. A bell-bar mounted on the top of the upper rotor hub increases stability and improves flight performance. In this paper, we present a dynamic model of a coaxial rotor flying robot and design an embedded controller far the robot, and implement them to control the developed flying robot. Experimental results show that the proposed controller is valid for autonomous hovering and position control.

A Study on the HWIL Simulation System of the Flight Object including Inertial Navigation System (관성항법장치가 포함된 비행체의 HWIL 시뮬레이션 시스템 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Ayeong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.349-360
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    • 2018
  • This paper proposes various methods for constructing a HWIL simulation system including Inertial Navigation System(INS) and Guidance Control Unit(GCU) under the assumption that the INS identifies the initial attitude of an aviation body through its own alignment and that it is a package consisting of an inertial sensor and a navigation computation module. This paper also presents a real-time computing technology and a way to calculate the command of the Flight Motion System(FMS) analogous to the acutal flight environment. The proposed HWIL simulation system is constructed by applying the above-mentioned methods and the results of running a series of simulations confirm high effectiveness and usefulness of the system. Finally, minor error factors that could be acquired only in HWIL simulation Environment are analyzed.

Adaptive Blowing Control Algorithm for Autonomous Control of Underwater Flight Vehicle (수중 비행체의 자율제어를 위한 적응 부상 제어 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.482-487
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    • 2008
  • In case of flooding, the underwater flight vehicle (UFV) executes the blowing by blowing ballast tanks off using high pressure air (HPA), while it also uses control planes and a propulsion unit to reduce the overshoot depth caused by a flooding and blowing sequence. However, the conventional whole HPA blow-off method lets the body on the surface after blowing despite slight flooding. This results in the unnecessary mission failure or body exposure. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the body at the near surface by the blowing control while reducing the overshoot depth. To solve this problem, an adaptive blowing control algorithm, which is based on the decomposition method expanding the expert knowledge in depth control and the adaptive method using fuzzy basis function expansion (FBFE), is proposed. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, the blowing control of UFV is performed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively solves the problems in the UFV blowing control system online.

Study on Production of Power Monitoring Unit for Electric Propulsion UAV (전기동력 무인항공기용 PMU의 개선 및 제작에 대한 연구)

  • Kang, Jin-Myeong;Jeong, Jin-Seok;Kang, Beom-Soo;Kim, Jang-Mok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.140-147
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    • 2017
  • This paper describes the design and implementation of previously developed PMU (Power Monitoring Unit) for LiPB (Lithium-ion Polymer Battery) that is electric propulsion used as unmanned aerial vehicle's power source. Improved PMU provides stable voltage and current to various sensors and elctric motors necessary during flight. Voltage and current monitoring function that is measured by improved PMU more precisely be enhanced and the monitoring channel and temperature sensor is added. To verify the improved performance of the equipment, it is integrated to electric propulsion system of unmanned aerial vehicle. PMU is calibrated through the ground test. And PMU's performance is checked through the flight test.

Development and Validations of Air Data System using MEMS Sensor for High-Performance UAV (MEMS 압력센서를 이용한 고성능 무인항공기용 공력자료시스템의 개발과 검증)

  • Baek, Un-Ryul;Kim, Sung-Su;Kim, Sung-Hwan;Park, Choon-Bae;Choi, Kee-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.36 no.10
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    • pp.1017-1025
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    • 2008
  • The air data system(ADS) was developed for unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) in this paper. Generally, the ADS helps flight control computer(FCC) to control the UAV above the stall speed and to hold the given altitude. The accurate measurement of airspeed and altitude of UAV is important because it indicates a flight performance and assures a safe flight. The ADS consists of MEMS pressure sensors, a lowpass filter, a micro controller unit and a pitot-tube. The ADS errors were reduced by pressure and temperature compensation of MEMS sensors. Finally, the altitude and airspeed data of the ADS was compared with GPS data in the flight test.

Construction of an Improved Tandem Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation of Ions Generated by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)

  • Moon, Jeong-Hee;Yoon, So-Hee;Kim, Myung-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.763-768
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    • 2005
  • An improved tandem time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer for the photodissociation (PD) study of ions generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI), MALDI-TOF-PD-TOF, has been designed and constructed. Recording a full spectrum with better than unit mass resolution even in low mass range has been achieved without reflectron voltage stepping which was needed in the previous version. Other aspects of the improvement, such as those in the data system which now allow 10-100 times faster spectral acquisition than with the previous instrument, are described. Rationale for the ideas which have led to the improvements is presented also.