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Old 1st Mar 2009, 06:25
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Somebody told me that the INS employs mechanical gyros whereas IRS uses l@ser gyros. Is that right?
Generally, yes.
The original Litton INS units demonstrated a maximum guaranteed radial error limit of 2 NM per hour of operation.
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