Abstract:
Methods and systems for wirelessly offloading data recorded on a flight recorder. In one embodiment, a method of offloading data recorded on a flight recorder includes determining whether to enable a wireless transmitter and wirelessly transmitting previously stored data on the flight recorder via the wireless transmitter according to the determination. In one aspect, wireless transmission is determined by wireless parameters, such as weight on wheels, air speed, ground speed, engine speed, open compartments and sensed forces or other airplane parameters made available to the flight recorder. Wireless transmission may be initiated either manually or automatically.
Abstract:
A flight data recorder system containing an aircraft condition monitoring function which includes a reconfigurable algorithmic network which defines operations on a set of flight data along with interpreters to analyze the flight data. The reconfigurable algorithmic network accepts flight data from a variety of sources. The reconfigurable network defines functional relationships between various flight data and performs operations on the various flight data. The flight data sources and the relationships therebetween can be configured by the user. The reconfigurable algorithmic network allows customization of a flight data analysis function without the need to recertify operational software.
Abstract:
In order to provide timely aircraft performance data from an aircraft flight data recorder in a useful format, a flight data display system is provided: with a data storage unit; an interface circuit for reformatting flight data from the flight data recorder; a central processor for converting selected portions of the reformatted data into engineering units and storing the converted data into the storage unit; and a video display unit including a keyboard for selecting the desired portions of the reformatted flight data for display on the video display unit. The video display unit provides for the multicolor display of flight data in either graphical form or in a cockpit instrument form on a cathode ray tube.