Airborne Separation Video System (ASVS): High Speed Digital Imaging

摘要

Currently, flight-worthy, high-speed instrumentation film cameras are carried externally on aircraft to document the separation characteristics of stores released from aircraft. The compatibility engineer conducts qualitative analysis by reviewing the film post-flight. If a more precise analysis of the store's trajectory is necessary, further processing of the data is required for a quantitative analysis. The data provided by film works well for analysis, however, there are shortfalls associated with development time and cost of operating in blind conditions. There is no way of previewing the camera's settings and image quality in a real-time environment prior to store separation. The film must be developed before viewing, delaying turnaround time. Film processing and purchasing costs are expensive, film digitalization is costly and slow, and the processing of film is an environmental concern. A digital Imaging system referred to as the Airborne Separation Video System (ASVS) solves these issues. This paper will review the ASVS, the advantages of this 5 stem, and current program status.