ACCURACY SPECIFICATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC OMEGA NAVIGATORS

Fully automatic Omega navigation systems have been demonstrated and are beginning to be used operationally in aircraft and other vehicles. A natural question is the accuracy achieved by such systems. Concern over the probability of maintaining correct lane identification complicates this question. Use of the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) statistics is shown to be a misleading measure of operational performance. Alternate methods of specifying the navigational errors of automatic Omega navigators are discussed. Cumulative percentile plots are recommended for the specification of errors. Use of Weibull probability paper to study radial error trends is demonstrated. Illustrations of error analysis techniques are given, based on actual Omega flight test data.

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  Institute of Navigation

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• Authors:
  • Sakran Jr, F C
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 189-200
• Serial:
  • Navigation: journal of the Institute of Navigation
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Institute of Navigation
  • ISSN: 0028-1522
  • Serial URL: http://www.ion.org/newsletter/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Omega navigation system; Radio navigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Omega navigation accuracy
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138002
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM