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displacement signal [1 record]

Record 1 2019-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

The localizer establishes a radiation pattern in space that provides a deviation signal in the aircraft when the aircraft is displaced laterally from the vertical plane containing the runway center line ... This deviation signal drives the left-right needle of the pilot's cross-pointer (or flight director) and may be wired to the autopilot/flight-control system for "coupled" approaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Le GPS calcule la position de l'avion et génère un signal d'écart correspondant à l'écart de l'avion par rapport à la trajectoire désirée. Un ordinateur de navigation utilise le signal d'écart dans l'algorithme de calcul pour générer des consignes de pilotage en fonction dudit signal d'écart pour contrôler l'avion.

OBS

signal d'écart : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
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