The instruments in the cockpit of an aircraft show the pilots via highly ergonomic displays the attitude, height, climb rate, speed, and Mach number of the aircraft, as well as the state of the engines and other factors such as the outside air temperature and the wind speed and direction. This chapter explores a condensed history of the development of some of those instruments and systems. Since the beginning of aviation, a number of methods have been tested including sonar, variation in gravity, capacitance, integrating accelerometers (IRSs), cosmic ray detection, and hypsometry. The history of the vertical speed indicator (VSI) begins before the advent of heavier than air flight. The chapter provides a brief introduction of the properties of gyroscopes and their use in aircraft instruments. The concept of area navigation (RNAV) describes navigation systems that can be used to travel to any specific point in two dimensions as opposed to navigating along an airway.


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    Titel :

    Historical Development


    Beteiligte:
    Binns, Chris (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-11-09


    Format / Umfang :

    65 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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