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Nav Inertial Navigation BW
Nav Inertial Navigation BW
Nav Inertial Navigation BW
Advantages
instantaneous output of position and velocity completely self contained all weather global operation very accurate azimuth and vertical vector measurement error characteristics are known and can be modeled quite well works well in hybrid systems
Inertial Navigation
Disadvantages
Position/velocity information degrade with time (1-2NM/hour). Equipment is expensive ($250,000/system) - older systems had relatively high failure rates and were expensive to maintain newer systems are much more reliable but still expensive to repair Initial alignment is necessary - not much of a disadvantage for commercial airline operations (12-20 minutes)
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Note that the earth (and therefore the INU) is rotating so that it will be necessary to rotate the platform in order to keep it level.
differentiating twice
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Similar concept to RLG except that amplification is not usesd Two strands of optical fibre are wound in opposite directions on a coil form Laser light is sent from a single source down both fibres The outputs of the two fibres are combined at a photodiode Rotation of the coil around its axis causes the two paths to have different lengths and the output of the photodiode provides a light dark pattern. Each cycle indicates an increment of angular rotation
Has the advantage of being rugged and relatively cheap Sensitivity increases with length of fibre Unfortunately, the longer the fibre, the lower the output signal.
Efforts are being made to apply MEMS technology to gyros as well as to accelerometers
MEMS Gyro
In a rotating system (such as the earth) moving objects appear to deflected perpendicular to their direction of travel. The effect is a function of the velocity if the object and the rate of rotation
MEMS gyros exhibit high drift rates and thus are not suitable for commercial aviation use They are used in conjunction with GPS in coupled systems which use the best characteristics of each