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Forum: Tech Log

24th Sep 2008, 05:49

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Inertial Navigation Old Timers/Experts

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Posted By BelArgUSA

When all else will fail...

An old E6-B stays aligned for quite long...
If in metal, can even put it for cleaning in a dishwasher.
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Happy contrails

Forum: Tech Log

24th Sep 2008, 05:23

Replies: 48

Inertial Navigation Old Timers/Experts

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Posted By BelArgUSA

Old INS position updates

With the older INS (such as Delco Carousel C-IVA) - 1980s
Using triple mix and DME update...
On typical NAT track between YQX and SNN, was nearly 4 hrs without DME update.
About the same time...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Sep 2008, 23:50

Replies: 48

Inertial Navigation Old Timers/Experts

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Posted By BelArgUSA

INS "position update"

You can do a "manual update" - i.e. overflying a known point (a VOR)...
That was the first form of update that existed on early models.
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A couple of years later, started to have capability of...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Sep 2008, 23:07

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Inertial Navigation Old Timers/Experts

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Posted By BelArgUSA

The old INS and their accuracy

I flew for PanAm - started flying early 1969, until their end 1991.
And I flew with their early INS systems - on the 707s...
And later flew the 747s, also equipped with the INS.
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Early INS...

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