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A Survey on Fly-By-Wireless Flight Control Technology (Fly-By-Wireless 비행제어 기술의 연구 동향)

  • Han, Jung-Soo;Ha, Chul-Su;O, Su-Hun;Kang, Seung-Eun;Ko, Sangho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2014
  • This paper deals with recent research cases and directions of Fly-By-Wireless (FBWLS) flight control technology. FBWLS is a new type of flight control system technology with the aim of solving the problems mainly caused by the increasing amount of wires in aircraft to which Fly-By-Wire (FBW) technology applies. Therefore, in FBWLS flight control system the wired communication system is replaced with a wireless communication system. Currently the FBWLS flight control technology is at an initial development stage and thus this paper surveys deals with the cases in the viewpoint of technology feasibility. In this context, this paper analyzes technology that needs further studies to secure the reliability, stability and accuracy to the similar level of the corresponding FBW system. Since the major problems of FBWLS technology are packet losses and time delays so that this paper suggests the research direction of wireless communication protocol selection, optimization of wireless communication network and controller design considered communication environment.

Autonomous-flight Drone Algorithm use Computer vision and GPS (컴퓨터 비전과 GPS를 이용한 드론 자율 비행 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Junghwan;Kim, Shik
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.193-200
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    • 2016
  • This paper introduces an algorithm to middle-low price drone's autonomous navigation flight system using computer vision and GPS. Existing drone operative system mainly contains using methods such as, by inputting course of the path to the installed software of the particular drone in advance of the flight or following the signal that is transmitted from the controller. However, this paper introduces new algorithm that allows autonomous navigation flight system to locate specific place, specific shape of the place and specific space in an area that the user wishes to discover. Technology developed for military industry purpose was implemented on a lower-quality hobby drones without changing its hardware, and used this paper's algorithm to maximize the performance. Camera mounted on middle-low price drone will process the image which meets user's needs will look through and search for specific area of interest when the user inputs certain image of places it wishes to find. By using this algorithm, middle-low price drone's autonomous navigation flight system expect to be apply to a variety of industries.

Analysis of Handling Qualities for Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Helicopter Flight Mode (스마트 무인기의 회전익 모드 비행성 분석)

  • Lee, Jang-Ho;Kim, Eung-Tai
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2005
  • The aim of this paper is to analyze handling qualities of tiltrotor aircraft(TR-S4) in helicopter flight mode including hovering and forward flight. Analysis of handling qualities is composed of aircraft response to control inputs that effect on stability and controllability. In short term response analysis, bandwidth is the critical parameter for small amplitude motions since it relates to the ability of a pilot to crisply start and stop maneuver. The handling qualities of TR-S4 in helicopter mode are analyzed with a SAS and an attitude controller and are satisfied level 1 in almost criteria with simulation of TR-S4 6-DOF nonlinear model.

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A Study on the Visual Impairment of Pilots and Controllers caused by Large Lighting Facilities around Airports during Nighttime Flight Operation (야간운항 중 공항 주변 대형 조명시설에 의한 조종사와 관제사의 시각장애현상에 대한 연구)

  • Jong-jin Jeon;Hyun-seung Lee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.466-475
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    • 2021
  • Airport-related laws restrict the installation of lights that obstruct the identification of airport lights or cause glare to pilots and controllers around the airport. However, with regard to the glare that lights give to the pilot or controller, it is only judged whether there is a limit based on a qualitative judgment, and a quantitative review has not been made. Therefore, in this study, visual disturbances that may occur to pilots and controllers due to large lighting facilities around airports during nighttime flight operation were quantitatively calculated and confirmed through disability glare, object recognition, and identification obstruction. And based on this study, it was suggested to supplement the related system to prevent the visual impairment of pilots and controllers caused by lighting facilities.

Research on the Design and Evaluation of a Control Loading System for Flight Simulator (비행 시뮬레이터용 조종력 재현 장치 설계 및 시험연구)

  • Lee, Chan-Seok;Kim, Byoung-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2004
  • This paper represents the development of a CLS(Control Loading System) for a target a airplane (KT-1) with mechanical linkage reversible flight control system. The system is composed of mechanical frame, controller, sensing part to measure the force from the stick, driving system generating the reaction forces. The DS1103 DSP(Digital Signal Processor) of the dSpace Corp. was used as the controller. The control algorithm of the CLS and the operational environment including monitoring software and evaluation tools are described. The evaluation of the system was conducted according to the requirement specification. The results of the test were analyzed by comparing with the actual data of the target airplane.

Collision Avoidance Maneuver Design for the Multiple Indoor UAV by using AR. Drone (AR. Drone을 이용한 실내 군집비행용 충돌회피 기동 설계)

  • Cho, Dong-Hyun;Moon, Sung Tae;Jang, Jong Tai;Rew, Dong-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.9
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    • pp.752-761
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    • 2014
  • With increasing of interest in quad-rotor which has excellent maneuverability recently, a various types of multi-rotor aircraft was developed and commercialized, and there are many kinds of leisure products to be easily operated. In these products, the AR.Drone manufactured by Parrot has an advantage that it is easily operated by user due to the its internal stabilization loop in the on-board computer. Thus it is possible to design the unmanned UAV system easily by using this AR.Drone and its inner loop for the stabilization. For this advantage, KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) has been developing the indoor swarming flight system by using multiple AR.Drones. For this indoor swarming flight, it is necessary that not only the position controller for each AR.Drone, but also the collision avoidance algorithm. Therefore, in this paper, the collision avoidance controller is provided for the swarm flight by using these AR.Drones.

Control Law Design for a Tilt-Duct Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using Sigma-Pi Neural Networks (Sigma-Pi 신경망을 이용한 틸트덕트 무인기의 제어기 설계연구)

  • Kang, Youngshin;Park, Bumjin;Cho, Am;Yoo, Changsun
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.14-21
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    • 2017
  • A Linear parameterized Sigma-Pi neural network (SPNN) is applied to a tilt-duct unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which has a very large longitudinal stability ($C_{L{\alpha}}$). It is uncontrollable by a proportional, integral, derivative (PID) controller due to heavy stability. It is shown that the combined inner loop and outer loop of SPNN controllers could overcome the sluggish longitudinal dynamics using a method of dynamic inversion and pseudo-control to compensate for reference model error. The simulation results of the way point guidance are presented to evaluate the performance of SPNN in comparison to a PID controller.

Intelligent 3-D Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for Autonomous Control of Underwater Flight Vehicle (수중비행체의 자율제어를 위한 지능형 3-D 장애물회피 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik;Jin, Tae-Seok;Sur, Joo-No
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.323-328
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    • 2011
  • In real system application, the 3-D obstacle avoidance system for the autonomous control of the underwater flight vehicle (UFV) operates with the following problems: the sonar offers the range/bearing information of obstacles in a local detection area, it requires the system that has reduced acoustic noise and power consumption in terms of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), it has the UFV operation constraints such as maximum pitch and depth, and it requires an easy design procedure in terms of its structures and parameters. To solve these problems, an intelligent 3-D obstacle avoidance algorithm using the evolution strategy (ES) and the fuzzy logic controller (FLC), is proposed. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, the 3-D obstacle avoidance of UFV is performed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively solves the problems in the real system application.

Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for Autonomous Control of Underwater Flight Vehicle (수중비행체의 자율제어를 위한 지능형 장애물회피 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik;Jin, Tae-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.635-640
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    • 2009
  • In real system application, the obstacle avoidance system for the autonomous control of the underwater flight vehicle (UFV) operates with the following problems: it has local information because the sonar can only offer the obstacle information in a local detection area, it requires a continuous control input because the system that has reduced acoustic noise and power consumption is necessary, and further, it requires an easy design procedure in terms of its structures and parameters. To solve these problems, an intelligent obstacle avoidance algorithm using the evolution strategy (ES) and the fuzzy logic controller (FLC), is proposed. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, the obstacle avoidance of UFV is performed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively solves the problems in the real system application.

Static Analysis and Improvement Opportunities for Open Source of UAV Flight Control Software (무인비행체 비행제어 Open Source 소프트웨어에 대한 정적분석 및 개선방안)

  • Jang, Jeong-hoon;Kang, Yu-sun;Lee, Ji-hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.473-480
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, We analyze and present improvements to problems in software quality through Static Analysis for Open Source, which is widely used as the Flight Controller software for small unmanned aerial vehicle drones. MISRA coding rules, which are widely applied based on software quality, have been selected. Static analysis tools were used by LDRA tools certified international tools used in all industries, including automobiles, railways, nuclear power and healthcare, as well as aviation. We have identified some safety-threatening problems across the quality of the software, such as structure of open source modules, analysis of usage data, compliance with coding rules, and quality indicators (complexity and testability), and have presented improvements.