This paper will demonstrate, with costs and results, that it is possible to produce a HUMS/HOMP/FDR device, appropriate for General Aviation ,which is very low cost and that could yet provide a wealth of useful information; to operators about their day to day operations, to maintenance engineers in the form of diagnostics, and to accident investigators in the event of an incident. It is not being suggested that GA aircraft should ever be burdened with further compulsory regulation and costs from the Federal Aviation Authority but it is being suggested that there could be positive benefits for the operators of some GA aircraft to choose to invest in such devices. The research project behind this paper aims to deliver reference designs for low-cost light aircraft (Helicopter or Aeroplane) solid-state flight data recorders utilising modern technologies and to produce new flight data analysis software tools.
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