Portable airborne data acquisition for Flight Tests

Author

Dyer, John W. ; Douglas, Benjamin ; Yih-Ru Huang ; Fagan, John E.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 May 2014

Firstpage

1411

Lastpage

1415

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of a Flight Test Data System (FTDS) used to acquire information about key flight parameters during Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). The data system is comprised of a truth system based on a differential pair of survey-grade GPS receivers with L1/L2 capabilities, and a separate system that acquires both digital and analog signals from the aircraft buses. The accuracy of the system data has been demonstrated and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the system for use in its flight-testing.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; aerospace testing; data acquisition; field buses; portable instruments; FAA; FTDS; Federal Aviation Administration; L1-L2 capability; TERPS; aircraft bus; analog signal acquisition; digital signal acquisition; flight test data system; portable airborne data acquisition; survey-grade GPS receiver; terminal instrument procedure; Aircraft; Aircraft navigation; Data acquisition; Data collection; FAA; Global Positioning System; NextGen; RNAV; TERPS; data acquisition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) Proceedings, 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Montevideo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860978

Filename

6860978