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1
Q

UAS

A

Unmanned Aircraft System

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RPAS

A

Remote Pilot Aircraft System

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3
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IGRUA

A

INDIRA GANDHI RASHTRIYA URAN AKADEMI

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SARPS

A

Standards and Recommended Practices

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5
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PANS

A

Procedure for Air Navigation Services

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6
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ICAO Montreal Canada 36 contracting state

A

Dec 7th 1944 at Chicago convention

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7
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3 Areas of ICAO

for Remote Pilot Aircraft System RPAS

A
  1. International Instrument Flying Ops:
  2. Global Interoperability Wrt. RPAS

Certificate of Airworthiness, COA
Operator certificate, OC
Remote Pilot license RPL

  1. National Authority Focus -
    Framework for domestic operations.
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8
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RPASP consists of

A

Remote Pilot Aircraft System Panel
Formed by Aircraft Navigation Commission 2015
UAS related matters in ICAO

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9
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RPASP consists of

A 
ATM
Airworthiness
Detect n avoid system
Human performance
Pilot licensing
RPAS ops
Safety Management
Communication n C2 link
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10
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first law passed to regulate
Civil aviation industry sales purchase import
Export of aircraft

A

Aircraft act 1934

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11
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Under aircraft act 1934

  • aircraft registered in india
  • aircraft operators in india
  • on Indian airspace
A

Aircraft Rules 1937

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CAR by DGCA

A

civil aviation requirements

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13
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CAR RPAS under the provisions

A

RULE 15A
RULE 133A
of the aircraft rules 1937

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14
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Drone Rules notified MOCA

A

25th Aug 2021.

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15
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UAS catogary

A

Rotorcraft
Aeroplane
Hybrid

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16
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Classification of UAS

A 
Nano
Micro
Small
Medium 
Large
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17
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Import of UAS regulated by

A

DGFT

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

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18
Q

Drone identification

A

UIN - Unique identification number

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19
Q

Digital sky is a

A

UTM unmanned traffic management -

- automate the entire chain of approvals required to own and operate a drone

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20
Q

Digital sky app features

A

Registration
Flight planning
Reporting

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21
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NPNT

A

No Permission No Take-off

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22
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RPL

A

Remote Pilot License
X pass
<65 age

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23
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Indian Airspace 3 zones

Crossing light

A

Red
Yellow
Green

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24
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Green zones

A

Unrestricted uncontrolled airspace

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25
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No flying zone identified under strictly prohibited

A

Drone rules 2021

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26
Q

Motor vehicles Act

A

1988 ( 59 of 1988)

Third party insurance of UAS

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27
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AOA

A

Angle of attack

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28
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4 forces on aircraft

A

Lift
Drag
Thrust
Weight

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29
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CG

Center of gravity

A 
Aircraft RPA 
3 axis 
Longitudinal 
Lateral
Vertical
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30
Q

Newton 3 rules

A

First - inertia
Second - force f = mass x acceleration mxa
Third law - every action has equal and opposite reaction

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31
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Aircraft standard path taking off landing while maintaining visual contact with airfield

A

Airfield traffic pattern

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32
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Airspaces demarcated into

A

Flight information regions (FIRS)

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33
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ATZ

A

Aerodrome traffic zone

34
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Aeronautical communication

35
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BVLOS

A

beyond visual line of sight operations

36
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CTR

A

Control zone

37
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VFR

A

Visual flight rules

38
Q

IFR

A

Instrument flight rules

39
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IFR

A 
Altitude
Speed 
Distance from home point 
Distance from way point 
Fuel level 
Heading
40
Q

wings types

A

Straight
Delta
Swept
Elliptical

41
Q

UAS best suited for

A

Linear inspection applications

42
Q

Drone vehicles?

A

Aerial
Ground
Underwater

43
Q

UAS consists of

A

Drone
GCS
C2 LINK

44
Q

VTOLS

A

Vertical take off and landing system

45
Q

First country to develop drone

46
Q

First UAV for

47
Q

Quadcopter

A

X shaped
Y shape
H shape

48
Q

Father of drones

A

Abraham Karem

49
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First enterprise drone

50
Q

Working principle of drones

A

Bernoulli’s principle

51
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AHRS

A

Altitude heading reference system

52
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IMU

A

Inertial measurement unit

53
Q

IMU

A

compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer

54
Q

ADSB

A

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast

55
Q

…….Enables connect drone to ground station pc or tablet by wireless connection

56
Q

Drone software

57
Q

Boundary between
Troposphere and
Stratosphere

A

Tropopause

58
Q

Earth’s varies

Vertically or horizontally

A

Pressure
Temperature
Humidity
Density

59
Q

ISA

A

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ATMOSPHERE

60
Q

Pay load of UAS

A

Extra weight of drone

61
Q

IMU

A

Inertial measurement unit

62
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RGB camera

A

Geo tagging capabilities
Various mapping
Asset inspection projects

63
Q

Thermal cameras

A

Night time surveillance operations
Archaeology
Inspection of power grid
Astronomy

64
Q

Thermal imaging

A

Penetrates
Smoke
Fog
Haze

65
Q

Military unmanned vehicles

A

Electro optical sensor payloads to perform their

vision

66
Q

Another high performance boast

67
Q

Gimbal boasts

A

Software stabilization
Encoded video streams
Object tracking
Scene steering

68
Q

LIDAR

A

Light detection and Ranging

69
Q

Light detection and Ranging LIDAR used for

A

Remote sensing
Forestry
Agriculture
Corridor mapping

70
Q

Drone data and Analysis

DSM

A

digital surface model

71
Q

Digital surface models

DSM includes

A

Ground surface
Man made objects
Vegetation

72
Q

DIGITAL SURFACE MODEL

DSM used for

A

RF planning
Landscape modelling
City modeling

73
Q

DTM

A

Digital terrain model

74
Q

Digital terrain model DTM

Uses

A

Ground rupture modelling

land use studies

75
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DEM

A

Digital elevation model

76
Q

Digital elevation model

DEM

A

telecom network modelling

Flood modelling

77
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3D types

A

3D point cloud is discreet

3D mesh is continuous

78
Q

3D mesh helps

A

Volume estimation

Elevation profiling

79
Q

MALE

A

Medium Altitude Long Endurance Vehicle

80
Q

HALE

A

High Altitude Long Endurance vehicle

Drone (1 decks)

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