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Subject: Re: Gyroscope vs. Fluxgate compass /Revisited
From: Brian Whatcott (inet@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 18:57:34 EST
At 07:37 AM 2/5/02, John LeRoywrote:
>... modern "big" airplanes like the747-400 I used to drive the
> >> navigation system has no magnetic compass at all!
> >
> >
> >> John LeRoy
> >> M/V Traveller
> >
I thought John might enjoy this student project at the amazingly prolific
Swiss Research Institute at Zurich.
The claim is about $500 plus laptop for an artificial horizon and
(inertial) compass...plus plenty of know how and elbow grease, I imagine!
<http://www.electronic-engineering.ch/study/ins/ins.html>
Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!
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