Observations of Lightweight Doppler System Accuracy.

Abstract

Data on the accuracy of the Lightweight Doppler Navigation System (LDNS) fitted to a Royal Australia Air Force UH-1H helicopter were gathered as a by-product of an experiment on the TACTERM navigation system. The observed accuracy was found to be close to 1% of distance travelled, a figure generally considered to be representative of modern doppler navigation systems. The dominant source of LDNS position error was magnetic compass error which in turn appeared to be dominated by spatial and temporal variations in the local magnetical field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145968

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  • I. V. Lloyd

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Navigation
  • Aircrafts
  • Australia
  • Compasses
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Doppler Navigation
  • Doppler Systems
  • Errors
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Navigation
  • Permanent Magnetism
  • Standards

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  • Geodesy
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