USE OF A FLYING LABORATORY COMET AIRCRAFT FOR NAVIGATION AND RADIO EQUIPMENT TRIALS,

Abstract

A permanently instrumented Comet 4C aircraft is operated exclusively for flight testing of new avionic equipment. This report describes the facilities offered by this flying laboratory; emphasis is placed on the digital trials methods appropriate to the testing of inertial navigation systems. The functions provided by a micro-miniature GEC G719 digital computer in real-time processing of information from various 'datum' sensors, and producing, in-flight, records of test equipment errors is described. The use of a 'datum' LASER altimeter for radio altimeter testing is also described. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 1968
Accession Number
AD0701641

Entities

People

  • G. C. Dyer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Digital Computers
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Testing
  • Flying Laboratories
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Navigation
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Radio Altimeters
  • Radio Equipment
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy