Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Calibration of the Precision Approach Path Indicator System
Autor: | Carlos Eduardo Uc Ríos, Pedro Lopez Teruel |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Flexibility (engineering) Instrument approach business.industry Calibration (statistics) Computer science Real-time computing Aerospace Engineering Flight simulator Drone Visual approach Control and Systems Engineering Global Positioning System Runway Electrical and Electronic Engineering business |
Zdroj: | International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE). 14:192 |
ISSN: | 2533-2279 1973-7459 |
DOI: | 10.15866/irease.v14i4.20709 |
Popis: | Use of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has increased exponentially due to its flexibility, maneuverability and reduced costs. Technological advances such as improvement of stabilization systems, GPS (Global Position System) and first-person view cameras have enabled the introduction of these platforms into different sectors. However, current regulations prohibit autonomous flights at airport environment, which leaves many business opportunities non-explored. Since approach is one of the most difficult flight phases, this paper presents an onboard autonomous algorithm solution for visual approaches called AVVAS (Autonomous Verification for Visual Approach System). AVVAS reports the current calibration status and the necessary calibration to be reached for PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) system. To optimize and validate the algorithm, a simulation is performed on a FFS (Full Flight Simulator). This algorithm provides the following benefits: reduction of maintenance costs and reduction of the calibration time increasing the runway availability. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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