{"title":"Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Their Use for Aircraft Inspection","authors":"M. Bugaj, A. Novák, A. Stelmach, T. Lusiak","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290929","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the pre-flight visual inspection of the aircraft. The pre-flight inspection process is performed by the aircraft maintenance technician or the pilot-in-command before the flight is performed. It defines the application of modern concepts, connecting UAV and common activities in aircraft operation. Result of such connection is elimination of the negative impact of the human factor on safety in aircraft operation. Equally important is the possible reduction of time required to perform the pre-flight inspection itself, which will increase the efficiency of aircraft operations. The main idea of the research is to reduce of the negative effect of the human factor during the pre-flight inspection of the aircraft.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125799760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Air Operation Interruption on the Development of Reported Events","authors":"Vladimír Plos, J. Chlebek","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291214","url":null,"abstract":"The article focuses on the evaluation of the impact of air traffic interruptions with regard to the number of submitted occurrences reports which were received by AAII (Air Accident Investigation Institution). The article is aimed at evaluating the current legislation, according to which there is an obligation to report, as well as identifying trends in occurrence reporting with a focus on changing the number of reports in the period of forced “shutdown” of air transport in connection with COVID19 and subsequent evaluation of the findings.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116303929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automation of Aircraft Movements Recording at Prague Letnany Airport","authors":"J. Nosek, Tereza Topková","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291191","url":null,"abstract":"Automatic collection and processing of surveillance and flight related data is an essential task in commercial air transport nowadays. It is enabled by using an appropriate ground infrastructure and equipment onboard aircraft able to communicate and transfer data among each other. While in commercial air transport it is mandatory for aircraft of certain category to be equipped with these devices, in general aviation this is not normally required. However, uncontrolled airports with Aerodrome Flight Information Service, where most of air traffic represents general aviation, could benefit from using low-cost tools that would enable them to automatically collect information about aircraft movements. Nevertheless, for this to happen, it is necessary that also the aircraft are equipped with devices capable to transmit surveillance and preferably also other data on 1090 MHz. This paper analyzes the proportion of general aviation air traffic equipped with such devices at Prague Letnany Airport and evaluates how the automatic data collection could potentially help reduce the workload of dispatchers at the uncontrolled airports.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"1989-1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130264905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stanislav Kusmirek, V. Socha, L. Hanakova, Karel Hylmar, R. Matyáš, P. Kubový
{"title":"Validation of the Manual Indoor UAV Flying Characteristics Methodology","authors":"Stanislav Kusmirek, V. Socha, L. Hanakova, Karel Hylmar, R. Matyáš, P. Kubový","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9291204","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, drones have experienced rapid technological development. The new EU regulations, therefore, apply to both users as well as manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles. The mentioned legislation does not yet precisely define the testing methodology and methods of required parameters of each individual category of unmanned aerial vehicles. This study pays special attention to the possibility of dynamic indoor testing of multicopters. It raises the research question of the possibility of experimental determination of the pitch angle as a partial characterisation of a vehicle in flight with manual control of a multicopter against continuous airflow. A simplified wind tunnel generated the airflow with a lamella regulator. Three 10 minute experimental flights were performed against an airflow rate of 1.45 / 2.43 / 3.42 m/s. The task of an experienced pilot was to keep the multicopter in the middle of the airflow during hover manoeuvre. The flight data of the multicopter were recorded by an inertial motion capture (MoCap) system Inertia ProMove in the form of a quaternion and linear accelerations. The results of the study do not show an increase in the median value of the pitch angle of the quadcopter when manually maintaining the hover against the airflow rate in the wind tunnels. On the contrary, as expected, the correlation of the pitch quadcopter and forward linear acceleration was demonstrated. This pilot study presents a possible methodology for indoor testing of a partial aspect of the flight characteristics while drawing attention to the problem of such dynamic testing.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122126897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systemic Safety Data Collection and Processing in Aviation Maintenance","authors":"N. Guskova, A. Lališ, Kateřina Grötschelová","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290933","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper is focused on safety data collection and processing in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organizations. The goal was to propose a way how to collect and process details of safety data using a total systems safety approach. The problem of details of safety data processing worries most of the companies, because there are unique information in it. For the safety analysis processes, one of the key steps was to choose a safety model. The Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Process (STAMP) systemic safety model was chosen for the purpose. According to the results from the previous research, MRO processes were modeled using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). The resulting process model was extended by information needed for STAMP-based analyses. The result is a workflow proposal with several technical details that show how safety data collection and processing can be changed using STAMP. The proposed solution was successfully validated with Czech Airlines Technics a.s. and considered useful base for further development of MRO safety management systems.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117225547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Pecho, M. Jarošová, R. Dvorský, I. Škvareková, V. Ažaltovič
{"title":"Design of a Flight Instrument for Early Identification of Local Atmospheric Changes in the Operating Conditions of Glider","authors":"P. Pecho, M. Jarošová, R. Dvorský, I. Škvareková, V. Ažaltovič","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290809","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is the concept of modern avionic system and device for non-powered aircrafts - gliders. This topic is very extensive, and the aim of this work is to summarize the issue and to familiarize the reader with the issues related to the equipment of non-powered. We will design the use of state-of-the-art technology to optimize flight and improve search and use of rising thermals. We will define values that change in thermal lifts. We will design sensors that they will monitor those changes. We will design an application that will use sensor information to get flight data. After that we will make a theoretical proposal of this new system.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115715271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Procedures for Prevention of Unauthorized Incursion into UAS Geographical Zones","authors":"A. Kleczatský, Š. Hulínská, J. Kraus","doi":"10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/NTCA50409.2020.9290979","url":null,"abstract":"In accordance with harmonized European legislation and an innovative European approach to the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the common airspace (U-space), it is necessary to address unauthorized operation in areas that prohibit or restrict the operation of unmanned aircraft. The aim of this paper is to determine the methodology and verify its functionality for intervening against the unauthorized intrusion of drones into the geographical zones for unmanned aircraft systems. Harmonized European rules set out the requirements for the regulation of traffic by means of geographical zones. Given the scale of operation and accessibility of drones on the market, it is objectively necessary to design procedures for taking appropriate action against potential intruders in these geographical areas. Possible types and specifications of unauthorized incursions are identified and the adequacy of the proposed interventions evaluated using the proposed scale.","PeriodicalId":198861,"journal":{"name":"2020 New Trends in Civil Aviation (NTCA)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121311150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}