Airplane Crew Support Implementation Basing on Ellipsoidal Model of the Closed “Pilot-Airplane” Ergatic System

Electronic Distribution of Airplane Software and the Impact of Information Security on Airplane Safety

The general trend towards ubiquitous networking has reached the realm of airplanes. E-enabled airplanes with wired and wireless network interfaces offer a wide spectrum of network applications, in particular electronic distribution of software (EDS), and onboard collection and off-board retrieval of airplane health reports. On the other hand, airplane safety may be heavily dependent on the secu...

Fuzzy Logic Control of a Model Airplane

Common uses of fuzzy logic control today are found in relatively simple applications in products. These applications only scratch the surface of the potential of fuzzy logic control in complex mechatronic systems. In order to demonstrate the utility of fuzzy logic in complex device control, a fuzzy logic fly-by-wire system has been developed for a model airplane. The model airplane is a complex...

Skyball: Real-time Vision System for an Autonomous Model Airplane

A Control Method Based on Dynamic Response of the Airplane for Compensation of Pilot-Induced Oscillations: Benefits and Flaws

Pilot-Induced Oscillation (PIO) is an unwanted, inadvertent phenomenon that has the ability to damage the aircraft completely. This paper suggests a novel control method that can damp PIO after predicting its occurrence. The specific point of this control algorithm is that it contains a preprocessor that will not let the controller be activated unless in the case of probable PIOs, so pilot comm...

Distributed embedded system for ultralight airplane monitoring

This paper presents distributed embedded monitoring system that is developed for small aircrafts, sports and ultralights airplanes. System is made from modules connected by industrial bus CAN. This low cost system is trying to solve bad situation with many ultralights without any digital measurement unit due to their prices. The contribution shows basic architecture of the embedded monitoring s...