Wireless Flight Data Recorder (FDR) for Airplanes

Abstract:

This paper is on the urgent need of today’s Aviation Sector which comes smart materials in airplanes. We have made wireless system i.e. a real time Flight Data Recorder (FDR) in which the data(Parameters like Engine Temperature ,Fuel Level, Speed ,Location (Latitude And Longitude)etc. ) getting stored in real time, in the plane’s FDR(commonly known as Black Box), same data will get transferred to our Personal Computer(PC) which is at ground. The data will be transferred via XBEE-RF Module( long range). Also, the Global Positioning System (GPS) device will send the Position coordinates logged by the micro-controller at periodic intervals. After processing the data, the data will be uploaded to the server via the GPRS/Internet Connection. The program resident on the server will process the data and map the position on a digital map. The digital map view can be accessed through and other PC’s using the Protocol, thus giving real time positioning and different parameters of the plane on ground. “This paper focuses on sufficient data for analyzing the air disasters as short term application, and reduction of air disasters as long term goal.”

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 433-440)
• Pages: 6663-6668
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.433-440.6663
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Ankan Ashish, S.B. Chougule
• Keywords: Airplane, Black Box, Data Storage, Wireless FDR

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