An Evaluation of a Honda 'Electro Gyro-Cator' Land Navigation System

Abstract

A Honda Electro Gyro-Cator land navigation system was evaluated under laboratory and field conditions to determine land navigation accuracies. Laboratory evaluations determined system characteristics such as static drift, frequency response, phase shift, and input-output characteristics (scale factors, bias, and hysteresis). Field evaluations determined land navigation accuracies of approximately 3.5% RMS error per distance traveled.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138283

Entities

People

  • S. G. Mcdaniel

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Land Navigation
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Phase Shift
  • Plastic Explosives

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).