• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.47-49
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• 2015

무인항공기는 일반 유인항공기와는 다르게 크기의 제한이 없다. 또한 작은 사이즈의 무인항공기는 적은 인원의 투입으로도 항공기 각 분야의 검증이 가능하므로 소형화된 무인기는 여러 회사 및 연구원 학교등에서 개발되고 있다. 항공기의 크기가 작아지게 되면 운영요원의 숫자 또한 작아지게 되고 이로 인하여 쉽게 이동이 가능하고 운영이 가능한 이동형 무인항공기 지상통제 시스템의 요구가 생기게 된다. 본 논문에서는 한국항공주우연구원의 소형 무인기를 운영하기 위해 개발한 이동형 무인항공기 지상관제 시스템에 관하여 기술 하였다.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.118-124
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• 2019

As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles technology has been widespread, various types of unmanned aircraft and mission equipment have been developed in line with mission diversification. Especially in Korea, small unmanned aerial vehicles have been actively developed. In addition, flight control system and mission equipment interface system for effective control of small unmanned aerial vehicles, efficient communication system configuration and operation for transmission to ground operated systems by processing data are required. This paper addresses efficient system structure and operation of communication equipment for missions and control of small unmanned aerial vehicles.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.15-20
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• 2024

The utilization of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has expanded into both military and civilian domains, increasing the necessity for research to ensure operational safety and the efficient utilization of airspace. In this study, the calculation of minimum separation distances for the safe operation of small UAVs at low altitudes was conducted. The determination of minimum separation distances requires a comprehensive analysis of the total system errors associated with small UAVs, necessitating sensitivity analysis to identify key factors contributing to flight technology errors. Flight data for small UAVs were acquired by integrating the control system of an actual small UAV with a flight simulation program. Based on this data, operational scenarios for small UAVs were established, and the minimum separation distances for each scenario were calculated. This research contributes to proposing methods for utilizing calculated minimum separation distances as crucial parameters for ensuring the safe operation of small unmanned aerial vehicles in real-world scenarios.

• ICROS
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.37-43
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• 2014

소형 무인항공기가 발달함에 따라 영상센서의 활용이 증가하였다. 특히 발전된 컴퓨팅 파워와 소형화된 영상센서의 발달로 무겁고 값비싼 레이더 장비의 기술을 영상센서로 구현하는 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 영상 이동표적표시(Moving Target Indication MTI) 기법은 이런 시대의 흐름에 따라 발달된 기술이며 현재 미군의 소형무인항공기 RQ-11 Raven에 상용화 되었다. 본 논문에서는 소형 무인항공기용 영상 MTI 기법의 원리를 설명하고 영상 MTI에서 주로 사용하는 카메라 운동 보 정 기법인 매개변수/비매개변수 방식의 영상정합의 접근법을 위주로 설명하였다. 또한 소형 무인항공기용 영상감시시스템 구현에서 가장 큰 문제점인 시차/항공기 진동 보정에 대한 진행 중인 연구논문도 소개하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.65-70
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• 2010

A small unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV), which uses a propulsion system consisting of electric motor and battery, weighs less than 8 kg, capable of hand launch. Because it is easy to operate and able to transmit image information in real time, the use of small UAV has been increasing. However, very few analysis methods or analysis results on flight performance of the small UAV have been known so far. In this paper, the performance analysis methods of a small UAV, which is manufactured to study an electric powered UAV, are suggested and their results are achieved. Aerodynamic data of the vehicle are obtained by making use of gliding performance from actual flight test, and required thrust and required power by flight speed are predicted. In addition, the methods to predict range and endurance in case of using battery as power source are suggested and their results are achieved.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.11-17
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• 2019

In this paper, the performance of a small fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle is predicted theoretically with the minimum specifications and a low Reynolds number. Based on the results, it was compared with the results of an actual flight test and simple electric motor wind tunnel test. As a result of the validity of the analysis, a 3.5 kilograms class fixed wing small UAV can predict aerodynamic performance by general theory analysis. However, the required thrust was analyzed as a possible design error. Based on the results of this study, this paper proposed a method to minimize the design error when developing small fixed wing UAV flying in a low Reynolds number.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.181-188
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• 2011

A small UAVs(Unmaned Aerial Vehicles) have limited by the payload capacity which requires miniaturization of a navigation system. In this paper, the performance of the lightweight and small sized AHRS(Attitude Heading Reference System), which is self-developed, is evaluated at low acceleration environment. The designed AHRS adopts the commercial low-cost MEMS sensors. A quaternion-based attitude calculation method, which eliminates singularity with relatively simple algebra, is used. In an attitude correction algorithm, the Kalman filter is used with accelerometers and magnetometers combined. The fabricated AHRS is also evaluated with reference to a COTS(Commercial Off-The-Shelf) AHRS which reports a number of successful applications to a small UAVs. The test results show that the measurements from the fabricated AHRS provide proper attitude output data with acceptable amount of differences(horizontal axis 0.5$^{\circ}$, vertical axis 1.5$^{\circ}$) in test environment.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.32-43
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• 2020

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) system has been mainly used for military domains, but it also widely applied to used in the civilian domains. In civilian domains, low-cost and small-sized UAV systems are mainly applied in various industries. The software that operates UAV systems has a lot of common functions. However, even though there are many common functionalities of the software, changing the devices may cause a problem requiring software modification. These problems degrade interoperability, modularity and portability in UAV systems. In order to solve the problems, an Open System Architecture(OSA) has been proposed. In this paper, we propose a UAV system software architecture based on Future Airborne Capability Environment(FACE) standard. Our system can support UAV systems of various platforms in the civilian domains, which is supplied in small quantity batch production. And it has the advantages of software consolidation and portability. Finally, We describe the development and conformant methodology of the software based on the FACE standard using open development tools.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.226-230
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• 2010

In this paper, the performance of an electric powered small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle which has a battery and electric motor is analysed. Aerodynamic data is obtained through flight test and flight performance is predicted. As a result, we present the optimum flight speed for the maximum endurance and predict endurance and range according to the variation of flight speed.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.559-565
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• 2017

A UAV(unmanned aerial vehicle) requires higher reliability for external effects such as electromagnetic interference because a UAV is operated by pre-designed programs that are not under human control. The design of a small UAV with a complete resistance against the external effects, however, is difficult because of its weight and size limitation. In this circumstance, a conventional small UAV dropped to the ground when an external effect caused the rebooting of the flight-control computer(FCC); therefore, this paper presents a novel algorithm for the improvement of the flight safety of a small UAV. The proposed algorithm consists of three steps. The first step comprises the calibration of the navigation equipment and validation of the calibrated data. The second step is the storage of the calibration data from the UAV take-off. The third step is the restoration of the calibration data when the UAV is in flight and FCC has been rebooted. The experiment results show that the flight-control system can be safely operated upon the rebooting of the FCC.