INERTIAL GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT TESTING ON THE MIT PRECISION CENTRIFUGE WITH SOME COMPARISONS TO SLED TESTING,

Abstract

A description is given of the principle centri fuge tests for high acceleration performance of the gyro, accelerometer and IMU. The deviations in observed performance due to random uncertain ties in the MIT 35 foot-radius machine parameters are calculated and compared with typical test data. A report on operation and use of this facility is followed by a comparison of the centrifuge and rocket-propelled sled tests for determining inertial guidance equipment errors proportional to ''g2''. Emphasis is given to the facts that the short ''g2'' time history basically limits the accuracy of determining these errors on the sled-borne platform (as in the airborne rocket flight), and that this limitation does not exist in centrifuge testing. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0416263

Entities

People

  • John M. Buchanan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Centrifuges
  • Errors
  • Guidance
  • High Acceleration
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • New Mexico
  • Precision
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Sled Tests
  • Sleds

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.