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Old 21st Jun 2018, 16:11
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Fursty Ferret
 
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Pragmatically speaking, you need two things to fly GPS approaches to LPV minimums... GPS (obviously) and the ability to detect if that signal is degraded or inaccurate.
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That's where RAIM comes in. It doesn't make the approach any more accurate, but it does allow you to check the validity of your calculated position.

You can calculate a good fix from six or nine SVs, but you need 24(23?) for RAIM to work. You can calculate in advance whether you'll have that many, which is why you have a note to that effect.

Honeywell FMS on the Airbus can do the calculation for you. I've never seen it come up with a negative answer, but you'd expect good coverage at middle latitudes in the northern hemisphere.
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