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SINGLE-AXIS PLATFORM [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

The single-axis inertial platform. The necessity for a stable reference coordinate system is a basic problem for all navigators. Basically, an inertial platform can be represented in block diagram form ... In the single-axis case the stable element is suspended in such a way that it can rotate about an axis whose orientation is fixed with respect to inertial space. The orientation of the controlled member is defined by ... an angle [theta](t).

OBS

See record "inertial platform/plate-forme inertielle."

Key term(s)
  • single axis inertial platform
  • single axis platform

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
OBS

Voir la fiche «plate-forme inertielle/inertial platform».

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme inertielle 1-axe
  • plateforme inertielle un axe

Spanish

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