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Record 1 2001-06-21

English

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

The RLG [ring laser gyroscope] offers a number of inherent improvements over conventional gyroscopes ... (10) it functions in a strapdown environment.

OBS

strapped-down inertial navigation equipment: Inertial navigation equipment in which a stable platform and gimbal system are not used: the inertial devices are attached or strapped directly to the carrier; a computer utilizing gyro information resolves accelerations sensed along the carrier axes and refers these accelerations to an inertial frame of reference. Also known as gimballess inertial navigation equipment.

PHR

To function in a strapdown environment.

Key term(s)
  • strap-down environment
  • strap down environment
  • strapped down environment

French

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

[...] des systèmes «strap down» c'est-à-dire [des] [...] systèmes où les senseurs inertiels sont fixés directement à la charpente du mobile et tels qu'il n'existe aucun cardan.

Key term(s)
  • configuration strap-down
  • configuration strap down

Spanish

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