An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation
The British Antarctic Survey regularly conducts airborne surveys with Twin Otter aircraft equipped with a variety of instruments. Each instrument captures its specific navigation requirements in a dedicated cockpit display that is unique and incompatible with that of other instruments. This creates...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:514574 2023-05-15T13:49:33+02:00 An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation Jones, David H. Jordan, Tom A. Robinson, Carl 2016-09 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/1/Jordan.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084 en eng Cambridge University Press https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/1/Jordan.pdf Jones, David H.; Jordan, Tom A. orcid:0000-0003-2780-1986 Robinson, Carl. 2016 An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation. Journal of Navigation, 69 (5). 927-939. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084 2023-02-04T19:43:33Z The British Antarctic Survey regularly conducts airborne surveys with Twin Otter aircraft equipped with a variety of instruments. Each instrument captures its specific navigation requirements in a dedicated cockpit display that is unique and incompatible with that of other instruments. This creates unwanted logistical problems and training requirements, and necessitates extra air safety certification. In this paper we describe a new avionics display that is sufficiently flexible to capture the requirements of all of our instruments, as well as all of the preferences of our pilots. This Airborne Survey Navigation Device (ASCEND) dynamically routes aircraft within the constraints of the survey and features flexible and intuitive planning and navigation interfaces. ASCEND has been tested and compared to the instrument specific displays and is preferred, both for its ease of use and also for the effective accuracy of the pilot following a survey line. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic British Antarctic Survey Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Journal of Navigation 69 5 927 939 |
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The British Antarctic Survey regularly conducts airborne surveys with Twin Otter aircraft equipped with a variety of instruments. Each instrument captures its specific navigation requirements in a dedicated cockpit display that is unique and incompatible with that of other instruments. This creates unwanted logistical problems and training requirements, and necessitates extra air safety certification. In this paper we describe a new avionics display that is sufficiently flexible to capture the requirements of all of our instruments, as well as all of the preferences of our pilots. This Airborne Survey Navigation Device (ASCEND) dynamically routes aircraft within the constraints of the survey and features flexible and intuitive planning and navigation interfaces. ASCEND has been tested and compared to the instrument specific displays and is preferred, both for its ease of use and also for the effective accuracy of the pilot following a survey line. |
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Jones, David H. Jordan, Tom A. Robinson, Carl An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2016 |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/1/Jordan.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514574/1/Jordan.pdf Jones, David H.; Jordan, Tom A. orcid:0000-0003-2780-1986 Robinson, Carl. 2016 An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation. Journal of Navigation, 69 (5). 927-939. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463316000084> |
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