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Summary of paper: area navigation implementation for a microcomputer-based loran-c receiver
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Oguri, Fujiko |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | The development of an area navigation program and the implementation of this software on a microcomputer-based Loran-C receiver to provide high-quality, practical area navigation information for general aviation are described. This software provides range and bearing angle to a selected waypoint, cross-track error, course deviation indication (CDI), ground speed, and estimated time of arrival at the waypoint. The range/bearing calculation, using an elliptical Earth model, provides very good accuracy; the error does not exceed more than -.012 nm (range) or 0.09 degree (bearing) for a maximum range to 530 nm. The alpha-beta filtering is applied in order to reduce the random noise on Loran-C raw data and in the ground speed calculation. Due to alpha-beta filtering, the ground speed calculation has good stability for constant or low-accelerative flight. The execution time of this software is approximately 0.2 second. Flight testing was done with a prototype Loran-C front-end receiver, with the Loran-C area navigation software demonstrating the ability to provide navigation for the pilot to any point in the Loran-C coverage area in true area navigation fashion without line-of-sight and range restriction typical of VOR area navigation. |
| File Size | 199233 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870009092 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t41s1pq9j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Communications And Navigation Ground Speed Errors Arrivals Receivers Loran C Microcomputers Rangefinding Air Navigation Software Engineering Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |