• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.264-273
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• 2010

In this work, autonomous formation flight tests of multiple UAVs are experimentally studied. After a guidance and control system for a UAV is designed and tested, PID formation controller for follower UAV is tested using longitudinal and lateral distance feedback. It is shown that more stable and efficient formation guidance system is obtained by using position and attitude of the leader aircraft, which is exploited to calculate virtual waypoint for follower. In order to improve transient response during turn, part of roll command of the leader is added to the guidance command. Finally, autonomous formation flight test results of 3 UAVs are shown by using the best guidance algorithm suggested.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.574-579
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• 2023

The radar flight test has many restrictions on simulating various targets, clutter and jamming signal. Therefore, in this study, a radar HILS system that performs a radar operation simulation function according to an operation scenario was developed. Radar HILS simulates the radar mission environment through radar beam operation simulation, radar operation control, simulated signal generation, and flight attitude simulation.. HILS generates and modulates simulated target signals(single, multiple targets) containing radar mission environments(clutter, jamming etc.) based on flight scenarios, and transmits them to AESA radar over RF. And Scenario-based radar performance was verified by detecting simulated targets and confirming detection results.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.173-180
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• 2006

An airborne radar is an essential aviation electronic system of the aircraft to perform various missions in all weather environments. This paper presents the design, development, and test results of the multi-mode pulsed Doppler radar system test model for helicopter-borne flight test. This radar system consists of 4 LRU units, which include ANTU(Antenna Unit), TRU(Tx Rx Unit), RSDU(Radar Signal & Data Processing Unit) and DISU(Display Unit). The developed technologies include the TACCAR processor, planar array antenna, TWTA transmitter, coherent I/Q detector, digital pulse compression, DSP based Doppler FFT filtering, adaptive CFAR, IMU, and tracking capability. The design performance of the developed radar system is verified through various helicopter-borne field tests including MTD (Moving Target Detector) capability for the Doppler compensation due to the moving platform motion.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.31-38
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• 2017

As demand for best practices relative to flight test safety management operations and processes in the aviation industry grows, standards for such aspects of the industry in Korea should be examined. Therefore, in this paper, we conducted flight test operation processes and safety management program development studies based on documents related to flight tests of the Korean civil aviation KC-100, the military aircraft T-50, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), and CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) for performance validation, test evaluation and safety certification for aircraft under development and remodeling. In addition, we introduced and analyzed best practices of the FTSC (Flight Test Safety Committee) applicable to aircraft flight test processes.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.7
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• pp.567-575
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• 2014

This paper suggests an installation procedure of a smart skin prototype into an aircraft, flight demonstration test procedures and test results. Four communication and navigation antennas are embedded into one Conformal Load-bearing Antenna Structure(CLAS). Log periodic patch type antenna was designed as a multi-band antenna to cover four antenna frequency bands. The requirements of CLAS were verified by ground tests before aircraft installation. A CLAS speed-brake was installed into KT-1 aircraft and performances of dual antennas were verified as multi-antenna tests on the ground. Electromagnetic compatibility tests were conducted to check compatibility between the CLAS and all existing equipments. Flight demonstration tests were conducted by one sortie of flight test for one antenna. The activeness and continuity of communication and navigation signal during the flight, null area of antenna signal along the circling flight were monitored. The embedded antennas worked better than expected during four sorties of flight tests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.13-13
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• 2000

일반적으로 고체추진 로켓 모타의 개발단계 때 공통적으로 수행되는 주시험(main test)으로는 추력, 압력, 회전률 등의 성능측정을 하기 위한 정적연소시험(static firing test), 내부 정수압(hydrostatic pressure)에 의한 폭발 압력 시험, 연소중이나 연소 후 케이스에 대한 굽힘 강성 시험, 이외에 노화 시험, 환경시험 등이 요구된다. 그러나 신궁과 같은 휴대용 대공 시스템의 추진기관 개발의 경우에는 사수를 보호하기 위해 여러 가지 안전장치들이 설계되고, 이러한 장치들의 성능에 대한 요구 조건들을 확인하기 위한 특수시험(specific test)들이 필요하게 된다. 이러한 특수시험을 위한 각종 시험대들을, 위에서 언급한 주시험을 위해 사용되는 정적시험대(static test bench)들과 구분하기 위해 동적 시험대(DTB : Dynamic Test Bench)라고 한다. 본 연구에서는 신궁 추진기관의 사출모타 점화에서 비행모타 점화에 이르는 일련의 비행절차를 확인하기 위한 동적 시험대 설계 및 제작, 계측장치 구성 및 데이터 획득 방법 등에 관한 내용을 소개하며, 동적 시험대에서 수회에 걸쳐 수행된 동적 시험 결과를 분석/정리하였다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2004

In this paper, a HILS(Hardware-In-the-Loop-Simulation) System designed for an unmanned airship, which is under development by KARI, is introduced. A HILS system is essential to validate flight control systems on the ground. The HILS system consists of several systems: a virtual ADT(airborne data terminal) system, a virtual payload system, a virtual airship system, and a status display system. Also, a 3-axis motion table and an inertial navigation sensor are included. The reliability of the flight control computer has been validated by HILS tests.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.43-49
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• 2019

In this study, a test equipment which enables to feed endothermic fuel which is heated in the inside and outside environment of a high-speed vehicle and evaluate the heat exchangers' performance was designed and manufactured. For smooth operation of the test equipment, a test procedure that supplied endothermic fuel at high temperatures was established. The catalyst performance test was conducted based on the supply condition of the endothermic fuel and the amount of heat absorbed was analyzed. The validation of the test equipment was proved by comparing the results of catalytic reaction with the previous studies under similar reaction condition. This test equipment can be utilized in the endothermic reaction tests of catalyzed endothermic fuel under various conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.308-315
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• 2007

This study is performed to find out the climb performance of light airplane, Chang Gong-91, as a part of flight test to acquire the certification. Chang Gong-91 is a 5-passenger light aircraft of normal category with single reciprocating engine, and the first officially certified by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation in 1993. These flight test procedure and data for climb performance are used to get type certification. We have got maximum climb rate for operating altitude, best angle of climb speed, best rate of climb speed, and absolute ceiling of Chang Gong-91 using drag polar data reduction method from sawtooth climb flight data. Also we compare the form drag coefficient from the results of climb performance and Oswald's effectiveness coefficient to design values using lift-drag curve of light airplane.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

Power system of the tilt-duct VTOL aerial robot has been developed. This paper focuses on the power train with small liquid-type engine for the R/C boat and presents the test results with design procedures. The hardware aspects of the power system include details about the hardware configurations for the interfaces with the vehicle. The ground test and tether test for measuring the thrust performance of vehicle and evaluating the endurance of power train carried out.