Aviation

Aerospace and Aviation Optical Solutions

ChM4  has recognized a great need in Aerospace, Commercial and Private Aviation industries. Optical solutions can provide more accurate, more efficient and less costly sensing system for the aviation industries. ChM4 attends conventions to stay abreast of avionic advancements. We offer solutions for areas where fiber optic sensing can provide improved data and more reliable alert systems. The system using all FBG passive optical sensors needs no power at sensor locations further simplifying system requirements. Software integration to the aviation pilot heads up displays to monitor in real time the performance of the aircraft while in flight with a sophisticated storage of data directly to black boxes. LUNA instruments deployed in this aircraft using IntelliOptics coupled to labview to view air craft dynamic changes while in flight. For sensors we used embedded FBG fiber arrays embedded in the composite of aircraft and Brigham Young University (BYU) manufactured etched D fiber FBG for high temperature monitoring of exhaust and fire protection FBG's at internal pumps for fuel delivery to the turboprop engine.

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Sensing in the following areas for the CompAir CA 12 experimental Aircraft:

 

• Composite wings and body structural monitoring.

• Engine temperature and exhaust sensing
• Fire protection sensing

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Comp Air CA 12:

White Paper/health and fire monitoring of a composite personal aircraft using an FBG optical sensing system