This invention employs a magnetometer as a magnetic heading reference for a vehicle such as a small aircraft. The magnetometer is mounted on a directional dial in the aircraft in the vicinity of the pilot such that it is free to turn with the dial about the yaw axis of the aircraft. The invention includes a circuit for generating a signal proportional to the northerly turning error produced in the magnetometer due to the vertical component of the earth's magnetic field. This generated signal is then subtracted from the output of the magnetometer to compensate for the northerly turning error.


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    Title :

    Magnetic heading reference


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1977-02-08


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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