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A Study on the Model of the Pilot Aptitude through the Simulated Flight using the Pilot Aptitude Research Equipment (모의비행 훈련을 통한 비행적성 판단모형 연구)

  • Choy, S.O.;Cho, Y.K.;Eun, H.B.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.37-53
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    • 2001
  • The Pilot Aptitude Research Equipment (PARE) at the Republic of Korea Air Force Academy had been installed to study the pilot aptitude of the cadets and the student pilots(Navy officers and Air Force officers from the pilot scholarship programs and the ROTC). The T-37 simulated flight program and procedure, and the automatic evaluated program for simulated flight have been orderly developed to use the PARE effectively. The cadets who entered started to get simulated flight training by using those developed programs. Their flight situation has been recorded by the automatic evaluated program whenever they got the training. And then the cadets who took part in the simulated flight started the elementary combat flight training in 1,999 after getting appointed to an office and finished the advanced combat flight training in 2,001. The study of the relationship between the simulated flight and the combat flight training has begun after finding their combat flight training results. The Logistic Discriminal Analysis, technique of the SAS statistical analysis package was used to study the pilot aptitude model through the simulated flight training. This study showed that it is possible to pre-estimate the result of the combat flight training using the PARE machine.

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A Flight Mechanics-Centric Review of Bird-Scale Flapping Flight

  • Paranjape, Aditya A.;Dorothy, Michael R.;Chung, Soon-Jo;Lee, Ki-D.
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.267-281
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    • 2012
  • This paper reviews the flight mechanics and control of birds and bird-size aircraft. It is intended to fill a niche in the current survey literature which focuses primarily on the aerodynamics, flight dynamics and control of insect scale flight. We review the flight mechanics from first principles and summarize some recent results on the stability and control of birds and bird-scale aircraft. Birds spend a considerable portion of their flight in the gliding (i.e., non-flapping) phase. Therefore, we also review the stability and control of gliding flight, and particularly those aspects which are derived from the unique control features of birds.

Analysis on Flight Test Results of Reconfiguration Flight Control System (재형상 비행제어 시스템의 비행시험 결과 분석)

  • Min, Byoung-Mun;Kim, Seong-Pil;Kim, Bong-Ju;Kim, Eung-Tai;Tahk, Min-Jea
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.1244-1252
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents the analysis results obtained by the flight test of reconfiguration flight control system for an aircraft. The reconfiguration flight control system was designed by using control allocation scheme that automatically distributes the demanded control moments determined by control law to each actual control surface. In this paper, some control allocation algorithms for reconfiguration control of general aircraft with redundant control surfaces are summarized and their performance evaluation results through nonlinear simulation and Hardware-In-the-Loop-Simulation (HILS) test are shown. Also, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system adopted as a platform for the flight test of reconfiguration flight controller and the implementation procedure of reconfiguration flight controller into real-time UAV system were introduced. Finally, flight test results were analyzed.

The Flight of the Bumblebee Queen, Bombus terrestris, After Diapause Termination Affects to Oviposition and Colony Development

  • Yoon, Hyung Joo;Lee, Sang Beom;Kim, Sam Eun;Seol, Kwang Youl
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.241-247
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    • 2004
  • It was investigated whether or not flight has any effects on oviposition and colony development of the artificially hibernated Bombus terrestris queen and ,$CO_2$-treated queen. Flight periods were defined as 0 days (control), 1 day, 3 days and 6 days. The weights of queens after flight were 1.5-8.9% lower than those before flight depending on the flight periods. The oviposition and colony development of artificially hibernated and $CO_2$-treated B. terrestris queen were affected by the flight. Among flight periods tested, in particular, the queens start to flight for 3 days showed better flight effect than those other flight periods in the colony development, rate of colony foundation, rate of progeny-queen production, the number of worker and queen produced. But, the longer the flight periods is, the worse the oviposition and colony development of the queens hibernated artificially and $CO_2$-treated are (i.e., the 6 days-flight queen).

Effect of Training Achievement on DiSC Behavior Types of Flight Instructors and Student Pilots - Focusing on Army Helicopter Pilot Training - (비행교관과 학생조종사의 DiSC 행동유형이 훈련성취도에 미치는 영향 - 육군 헬리콥터 조종사 양성교육을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Jong-Pil;Seol, Hyeonju
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2021
  • This study wanted to confirm whether the DiSC behavior types of student pilots and instructors in the training course of Helicopter pilots affect the flight training achievement. The results of the study are as follows. First, in the distribution of DiSC behavior types of student pilots and instructors, student pilots had the largest number of Dominance with 40.2 percent, while Instructors had the highest number of conscientiousness with 46.5 percent. Second, it was analyzed that the flight training achievement was influenced by the behavior type of student pilots. In basic flight and aircraft type conversion flight, Steadiness had the highest achievement in flight training, and in tactical flight, conscientiousness was the highest. Third, the behavior patterns of student pilots and instructors have been confirmed to have interaction effects in tactical flight.

A Study on Standardization on the Flight Controller Mode in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Drone : Focused on Drone Controller Mode Preference (원격조종항공기 드론 조종기모드 표준화 연구 : 드론 조종기모드 선호도를 중심으로)

  • Park, Wontae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2019
  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) controls as a type of unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) is growing rapidly and its flight controller stick disposition is required standardization. We should standardize RPA drone flight control disposition because the flight pilot of RPA is hard to be trained so the flight controller stick differences impairs safety and wastes time and effort of flight controller industry. So this study researches the on-going standardization of RPA drone flight control disposition in Korea and foreign countries. Also this paper analyzes and researches of expert about RPA drone flight controller function and application of flight control mode. I accomplished expert research about standardization plan of unmanned flight control mode and confirm the necessity. Nowadays mode1 and 2 are mostly used in Korea so I carried out preference investigation for two modes. There were 4 preferences choices of RPA drone control mode necessity (importance) and recommendation of standardization modes. They answered that necessity of standardization is important considering pilot training, flight safety and positive development of drone industry. The result of standardization mode preference is that they prefer mode 2 (drone maker 86%, training facilities and research facilities 58%, government bureau 60%). Overall preference result shows that mode 1 24%, mode 1&2 16%, mode 2 60%. So they preferred mode 2 by 60%. The differences between two modes are the direction of throttle and pitch. Direction of throttle and pitch operate opposite way. They prefer mode 2 because mode 2 has similarities of manned flight control mode. Significance of this study is that it showed the necessity of standardization and flight control preference in a quantitative way. It will help drone standardization in related industries and development direction near future.

Identifying Behavior Indicators for Flight Instructor Competencies and Training Needs Analysis for General Aviation Flight Instructor (일반항공 비행교관 역량별 행동지표 및 비행교관 교육요구 분석)

  • Keumseok Kang;Hyungjoon Park; Kyeong Tae Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.68-78
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to provide information necessary for developing a "Competency-Based Training and Evaluation Plan" for general aviation flight instructors in Korea. General aviation training experts designed a survey by selecting "Behavior Indicators" from the ICAO Flight Instructor Competency Model. This study analyses the importance of Behavioral Indicators, the level of instructor performance, and the training needs for flight instructors. According to the factor analysis, ICAO "Flight Instructor Competency Model" is found as a valid tool to measure general aviation flight instructor competencies. According to the training needs analysis, flight instructors training program needs to be improved on "Training Environment Management", "Teaching Method", and "Interaction" competencies. When compared with trainee group, flight instructors & examiners have a higher training demand for "Teaching & Learning Environment Management". This study suggests the flight instructor training program requires to be reorganized based on the competencies related to the flight instructor duties in the training environments.

Flight Safety Operation for the 1st Flight Test of Naro(KSLV-I) (나로호(KSLV-I) 1차 비행시험 비행안전 운영)

  • Ko, Jeong-Hwan;Choi, Kyu-Sung;Sim, Hyung-Seok;Roh, Woong-Rae;Park, Jeong-Joo;Cho, Gwang-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.280-287
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    • 2010
  • The first Korean satellite launch vehicle, KSLV-I(Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I), was launched for its first flight test on Aug. 25, 2009 from Naro Space Center located in south Jolla province. Because launch vehicles usually fly long range with large amount of propellants aboard, preparation of countermeasures against potential malfunctions during flight is essential in launch operation. In this paper, the flight safety operation, prepared to guarantee flight safety during launch operation of KSLV-I, is presented. Prior to flight test, flight safety analysis is performed to estimate associated risk levels quantitatively, and during flight, flight safety systems are operated to cope with any risky situations. Real-time flight monitoring including computation of instantaneous impact point using tracking data is executed normally and the flight test is completed without activation of flight termination system.

The Effect of an Installation Angle of IMFP sensors on Estimation of Altitude of T-50 Aircraft in the Transonic Region (IMFP 장착각도가 T-50 초음속 고도정보에 미치는 영향)

  • Nam, Yong-seog;Kim, Yeon-hi;Song, Seok-bong;Kim, Seong-jun
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2009
  • The flight control of the T-50 advanced trainer is conducted by the digital FBW (Flight-by-Wire) control system. The system input data consist of flight conditions such as altitude, airspeed, and angle of attack. And the flight conditions of the aircraft are obtained from IMFP (Integrated Multi-Function Probe). The T-50 aircraft equip three IMFP sensors. To ensure reliability in flight condition data obtained from each IMFP sensor, the mean value of flight conditions is used as the input of the control system. In this study, the effect of an installation angle of IMFP sensors on estimation of flight altitude was investigated by flight test results in the supersonic region.

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A Study on Pilots' Behavior on Decision of Maneuvering Aircraft for Fuel Efficient Flight Operation

  • Yoo, Kwang Eui;Jeon, Seung Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.96-104
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    • 2019
  • The response to climate change of international air transport industry might be initiated by ICAO's CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) which will impact on international airlines' flight operation behavior in the future. Though the airlines' efforts to reduce fuel consumption has been a major issue in economics of aviation industry, the improvement of fuel efficiency in flight operation will have additional impact on their profitability by introducing carbon emission cost. The fuel consumption in flight operation will be somewhat influenced by pilots' technical action for maneuvering aircraft during flight operation. This study will investigate pilots' behavior on decision for tactical aircraft control for mission flight. The data will be collected by the survey through sample pilots asking about their intention and perception on fuel savings during flight operations. The data will be analyzed by AHP process and the study will find out the elements and factors influencing pilots' behavior on technical decision of flight and their weights on fuel saving effects.