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RNAV PRINCIPLES

GNSS CONCEPT

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OBJECTIVES :-
What is RNAV ?
How A/C position is computed
Whats a waypoint ?
RNAV operations
Flying RNAV vertically
RNAV expected
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fit

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 RNAV: AREA NAVIGATION

Area navigation (RNAV) :

A method of navigation which permits aircraft
operations on any desired flight path within the
coverage of station referenced navigation aids
or within
ithi th
the li
limits
it off the
th capability
bilit off self
lf
contained aids, or a combination of these.

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AREA NAVIGATION

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Shorter Routes .
A B More Routes Possible
 Parallel
a a e Routes
outes .
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RNAV SYSTEM

A/C POSITION
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INS : Inertial Navigation System
IRS : Inertial reference system
Provide aircraft POSITION byy reference to an INITIAL
Position
Very accurate accelerometers measure the horizontal
acceleration.
By integration calculation ,
Acceleration Ground Speed POSITION / Initial
position
INS : Provide data for horizontal navigation
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IRS :Provide data for horizontal and vertical navigation
(vertical acceleration)

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 RNAV POSITIONING METHOD

The RNAV system

identifies the next waypoint,
selects the most appropriate source of navigation to
determine its position
provides information to the auto-pilot to fly to the next
waypoint.
An RNAV route can be flown manually
y

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 WAYPOINT

Waypoints expressed in WGS84 coordinates

IAF,
IAF IF
IF, FAF
FAF, MAPt
MAPt, MAHF
Arrival or departure waypoint
Fly-by
Fly by waypoint

Symbol :

Fly-over
Fly over waypoint

Symbol :
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WP1 : FLY
FLY-OVER
OVER WP2 : FLY
FLY-BY
BY

WP1

WP2

Stabilization distances are necessary

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 Next WP

Start of descent

Planned flight
g Path

Interception

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 On board database

Aerodrome data
Available navaids
Flight paths to
f ll (charts)
follow ( h )

ALL RNAV TRAJECTORIES ARE CODED

INTO THE DATABASE
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TF : TRACK BETWEEN FIXES

Usable by all systems

Preferential path terminator

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DF : DIRECT TO FIX

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 ICAO GNSS CONCEPT
GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM

SATELLITE GEOSTAT EGNOS

BASED (SBAS) IONARY
WAAS

MTSAS
GROUND BASED
AUGMENTATION (GBAS) GAGA
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ON R.A.I.M
BOARD
(ABAS) AAIM
A.A.I.M
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WHICH AUGMENTATION FOR
WHICH KIND OF APPROACH ?

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CDFA : Continous Descent Final Approach

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