MULTI-FLIGHT DATA ACQUISITION AND RECORDING SOLUTIONS

Nikki Cranley

ACRA CONTROL, cranley@acracontrol.com

John Clancy

ACRA CONTROL, clancy@acracontrol.com

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of long-term data recording and analysis systems such as is used in Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS). Common to HUMS is the use of a wide range of sensor, avionics, video, audio, and time interfaces. In particular, this paper shall describe how Ethernet network data acquisition technologies can meet the requirements of multi-flight data acquisition systems in terms of enabling optimized solutions for recording, data storage, logging, and analysis solutions. The implications of accessing and gathering multi-flight data in a distributed networked environment are discussed.