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Design of Air Vehicle Test Equipment for Inspecting On-board Equipment in UAV

무인항공기 탑재장비 점검을 위한 통합 점검 장치 설계

  • Received : 2020.10.20
  • Accepted : 2020.11.21
  • Published : 2021.01.31

Abstract

AVTE(Air Vehicle Test Equipment) is a device to check status of on-board aircraft equipment before and after flight for performing successful UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) missions. This paper describes software design and test sequence of the AVTE for enabling easy-manual check by the operator and convenient automatic check of on-board electric equipment respectively. The proposed AVTE inspects BIT(Built-In Test) results of on-board LRUs(Line Replacement Units) including avionics and sensor sub-system devices. Also, it monitors all the LRU status and check the normality of aircraft equipment by means of setting specific values of the LRUs and confirming the expected test results. The AVTE prints the test results as a form of report to easily check the normal conditions of the aircraft equipment and operates automatically without operator interaction, thus being thought to effectively reduce workload of the operator.

무인 항공기 탑재장비 점검을 위한 통합 점검 장치는 항공기가 임무 수행을 위해 비행 전, 그리고 비행 임무를 완료하고 착륙 이후 항공기에 탑재되어 있는 장비들의 상태를 점검하기 위한 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 무인 항공기에 탑재되어 있는 전자장비에 대하여 점검자가 수동으로 장비의 상태를 점검하고, 점검 결과를 시현하는 방법과 점검자의 개입 없이 자동으로 장비의 상태를 점검할 수 있는 자동 점검 기술에 대해 기술하였다. 또한 설계된 통합 점검 장치는 점검 결과를 보고서의 형태로 출력하여 사용자가 쉽게 결과를 확인 할 수 있도록 하여 무인항공기의 고장 유무를 판단하기 용이할 뿐 아니라, 자동 점검 기능을 사용함으로써 항공기 점검자의 업무량을 줄이는데 효과적인 방법이다.

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