Computer Aided Diagnostic Testing of Installed Flight Control Servo- Actuators

Computer-controlled production and post-overhaul testing of servo-actuators is already a fact. Some challenges still exist for performing similar testing on components installed in the aircraft.

An implementation of such a scheme is presented, using state-of-the-art technology. The objective of the described technique is to perform diagnostic testing on flight control hardware sufficient to determine whether the component may be left on the aircraft.