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The Evaluation of Human Vibration Effect on T-50/A-50 Pilot (T-50/A-50 조종사의 인체 진동 영향성 평가)

  • Moon, Seong-Wook;Cho, Dae-Hyeon;Kim, Young-Ik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.546-549
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    • 2004
  • The T-50/A-50 Golden Eagle was developed for a supersonic trainer and light combat aircraft. At the design stage, vibration control plans were established and applied. For cockpit vibration, crew comfort vibration level was defined by the requirement of MIL-A-8892. It is found that the T-50/A-50 meets the requirement of cockpit vibration from the flight test data analysis. This paper contains the results of cockpit vibration analysis using the flight test data and the results of human vibration analysis lot the pilot inside aircraft. The human vibration level of pilot is increased as dynamic pressure is increased and at the specific high dynamic pressure, the ride comfort indicates 'a little uncomfortable'. Overall analysis results show that the vibration level of T-50/A-50 cockpit is tolerable and not critical for pilot's comfort.

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A Study on Efficient Evidence-Based Training(EBT) Application Method (Focusing on Approved Training Organization for Pilot) (효율적인 증거기반훈련(EBT) 적용방안에 관한 연구 (조종사 전문교육기관을 중심으로))

  • Hak-keun Kim;Kyu-wang Kim
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 2023
  • Evidence-based training (EBT) improves a pilot's competency and confidence based on the data(Evidence) from actual aircraft accidents, incidents, operations, and training for safe operation in the fast-paced and large-scale air transportation field. It is a training/assessment program that strengthens resilience for problem solving. As a way to apply this evidence-based training(EBT) to the educational system of ATO and to resolve the problems, I propose 3 improvement plans. They are evaluation criteria that apply the core competencies of EBT to the educational evaluation system, the way to improve the system for standardization of practical test examiners and instructors and also the ways to use Flight Simulation Training Devices(FSTD).

In Flight Simulation for Flight Control Law Evaluation of Fly-by-Wire Aircraft (I)

  • Ko, Joon-Soo;Lee, Ho-Keun
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.2560-2565
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    • 2003
  • The paper presented here covers the work associated with the flight control law design, ground based and in flight simulation and handling qualities assessment of the Fly-by-Wire type Aircraft (FBWA). The control law was designed for the most unstable aircraft configuration flight regime for the target aircraft (FBWA). The ground based simulation including math-model, real-time pilot-in-the-loop and iron bird simulation were used for validation of the control law before the experimental in-flight simulation on the IFS (In.Flight-Simulator) aircraft. The flight tests results showed that Level 1 handling qualities for the most unstable flight regime were achieved.

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Development of Low Altitude Terrain Following System based on TERain PROfile Matching (TERPROM 기반의 저고도 지형추적시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Chong-sup;Cho, In-je;Lee, Dong-Kyu;Kang, Im-Ju
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.888-897
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    • 2015
  • A flight capability to take a terrain following flight near the ground is required to reduce the probability that a fighter aircraft can be detected by foe's radar fence in the battlefield. The success rate for mission flight has increased by adopting TFS (Terrain Following System) to enable the modern advanced fighter to fly safely near the ground at the low altitude. This system has applied to the state-of-the-art fighter and bomber, such as B-1, F-111, F-16 E/F and F-15, since the research begins from 1960's. In this paper, the terrain following system and GCAS (Ground Collision Avoidance System) was developed, based on a digital database with UTAS's TERPRROM (TERrain PROfile Matching) equipment. This system calculates the relative location of the aircraft in the terrain database by using the aircraft status information provided by the radar altimeter and the INS (Inertial Navigation System), based on the digital terrain database loaded previously in the DTC (Data Transfer Cartridge), and figures out terrain features around. And, the system is a manual terrain following system which makes a steering command cue refer to flight path marker, on the HUD (Head Up Display), for vertical acceleration essential for terrain following flight and enables a pilot to follow it. The cue is based on the recognized terrain features and TCH (Target Clearance Height) set by a pilot in advance. The developed terrain following system was verified in the real-time pilot evaluation in FA-50 HQS (Handling Quality Simulator) environment.

The Effect of the Non-Technical Skills on the Rotorcraft Flight Safety (NOTECHS이 안전운항(安全運航)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Lee, Sangmin;Kim, Chilyoung;Hwang, Sasik
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.27-40
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    • 2013
  • Rotorcraft operating in the domestic aviation safety techniques are applied CRM training is conducted but, aircraft accidents caused by human factors has not shown a declining trend. Thus, knowledge of aviation safety and human factors for the spread of awareness of improved rotorcraft flight operations department managers to understand the complexity of nature and culture, and to perform high-risk mission helicopter pilot study of local activation and enhance safety awareness research was conducted in order to. In this study, the development direction of CRM training studies in order to identify the leading NOTECHS (Non-Technical Skills; non-technical pilot skills) of the four categories as the independent variable and the dependent variable corresponding to the resulting effect on the key variables awareness of the differences were studied. In addition, the direction and strength of the relationship were analyzed to determine the relationship of each independent variable to assess the impact on the dependent variable regression analysis was performed. Pilot training and evaluation of non-technical skills related to the teaching reflected in the CRM training and assessment must be carried out with 5 star rating scale was preferred. Therefore, to meet our country rotorcraft operating environment 'NOTECHS' aviation safety by developing training programs reflected in the educational process, implementation, and periodic training and assessment is done in future research on this analysis and feedback is done to reflect the specific performance expect.

Development and Validation of Automatic Thrust Control System (자동추력 제어시스템 개발 및 검증)

  • Kim, Chong-Sup;Cho, In-Je;Lee, Dong-Kyu
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.905-912
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    • 2010
  • Modern version of advanced supersonic fighter have ATCS (Automatic Thrust Control System) to maximum flight safety, fuel efficiency and mission capability the integrated advanced autopilot system such as TFS (Terrain Following System), GCAS (Ground Collision Avoidance System) and AARS (Automatic Attitude Recovery System) and etc. This paper addresses the design and verification of ATCS based on advanced supersonic trainer in HILS (Hardware In the Loop Simulator) with minimum hardware modification to reduce of development cost and maintain of system reliability. The function of ATCS is consisted of target speed hold mode in UA (Up and Away) and angle of attack hold mode in PA (Power Approach). The real-time pilot evaluation reveals that pilot workload is minimized in cruise and approach flight stage by ATCS.

A Study on the Impedimental Factors for Flight Safety of Cockpit Automation Systems (조종석 자동화 시스템의 안전저해요인에 관한 연구)

  • 한경근;이병기
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.99-116
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    • 2000
  • Accident statistics cite the flightcrew as a primary contributor in about 70 percent of accidents involving transport category airplanes. The introduction of modem flight deck designs, which have automated many piloting tasks, has reduced or eliminated some types of flightcrew errors, but other types of errors have been introduced. To identify the impedimental factors in highly automated modem airplane cockpit systems, this study used readily available information sources and case study, From the evidence, this study identified issues that show vulnerabilities in pilot management of automation, situation awareness, communication between pilots and controllers, pilot's training and evaluation methods. The next step will require the aviation community to solve these problems for the safety improvement.

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A Study for Flight Times and Ages affects on Situation Awareness Evaluation of Helicopter Pilots (비행시간과 연령이 헬리콥터 조종사의 상황인식 평가에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sung-Ho;Lee, Yeong-Heok;Choi, Yeon-Chul;Lee, Meong-Hyun;Park, Sun-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.66-73
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    • 2011
  • According to U.S. NTSB, from 1989 to 1992, Situation Awareness(SA) was a major factor causing 80% of all aircraft accidents in scheduled airlines. Therefore, the prevention of accidents through effective training in SA became a pivot in aviation safety. Furthermore, during the past 10 years, since all helicopter accidents in Korea were caused by the factors related to SA, an appropriate countermeasure has been required. This study, which uses survey data, examines various factors related to SA that could affect helicopter pilots. Common characteristics of situation awareness factors are that the result from the independent variables which are flight time, duty period and age of a first officer is statistically significant with the result from the independent variables of an instructor pilot's. However, only experience is statistically significant independent variable for factors influencing decision making in emergency situations, but anxiety, expectation and comprehension are not significant.

A Study on the Conversion Time to Minimize of Transient Response during Inter-Conversion between Control Laws (제어법칙 간 상호 전환 시 과도응답 최소화를 위한 전환시간에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chongsup
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2015
  • The inter-conversion between different control laws in flight has a lot of risk. The SWM(Switching Mechanism) including logic and stand-by mode is designed to analyze the transient response of aircraft during inter-conversion between different control laws, based on the in-house software for non-real-time and real-time simulation. The SWM applies the fader logic of TFS(Transient Free Switch) to minimize the transient response of an aircraft during the inter-conversion, and applies the reset '0' type of the stand-by mode to prevent surface saturation due to integrator effect in the disengaged flight control law. The transition time is also important to minimize the objectionable transient response in the inter-conversion, as well as the transition control law design. This paper addresses the results of non-real-time simulation for the characteristics of transient response to different transition time to select the adequate transient time, and the real-time pilot evaluation, using SSWM(Software Switching Mechanism) and HSWM(Hardware Switching Mechanism), which is met for Level 1 flying qualities and assures safety of flight.

Instrument Flight Certification Process and Flight Test Results of Korean Utility Helicopter (한국형 기동헬기 계기비행 인증절차 및 비행시험 결과)

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Jun;Park, Jong-Hoo;Park, Jae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.173-180
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, the instrument flight certification process and flight test results of Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) are presented. For the instrument flight certification, the suitability of installed equipments and instruments have been reviewed and verified by ground and flight tests. Next, static and dynamic stability test are conducted in accordance with FAR-29 Appendix B. The static stability is determined by the change of speed and attitude according to control inputs. The dynamic stability is evaluated by how quickly the response of the helicopter due to long and short period control inputs are decreased. The pilot workload evaluation are also carried out by simulated IMC flight tests. This paper presents the workload assessment results when some failures are occurred at cockpit instruments, engine or flight control systems as well as the normal situation. After the simulated IMC flight test is completed, actual instrument flight test are conducted in a real IMC environment according to the air traffic controls.