Questions tagged [navigation]
Navigation is the process of planning and controlling travel from one location to another. There are many methods of navigation using different techniques and instruments.
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How does a pilot communicate with ATC during a hijacking?
How does a pilot communicate with ATC during a hijacking?
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How does a winglet affect aircraft performance? [duplicate]
Winglets are small vertical surfaces attached to the wingtips. They help to reduce the drag caused by vortices at the wingtips, thus improving fuel efficiency.
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Missing position (lat/lon) in ADSB data
I would like to ask if anyone has encountered latitude longitude (Data Item 021/130) missing in ADSB data, specifically in asterix cat 21. In addition to the mandador entries, there is also geometric ...
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How to calculcute variation and compass deviation in this CDMVT problem?
Usually I can solve CDMVT problems, but sometimes I feel I'm missing something important. For example:
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Given WCA -012, TH 125, MC 139, DEV 002E. What are TC, MH and CH?
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Engineless Blimp Navigation System
I understand wind direction can vary in a column of air? With only altitude control on a blimp to navigate for long flights, a blimp in theory could navigate without engines. In order to take real ...
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Can we use leaf shutter mechanism as a drone dropping mechansim for payload weight of 3lbs?
I'm considering implementing a drone payload drop mechanism capable of handling payloads weighing up to 3lbs. I'm intrigued by the idea of using a leaf shutter mechanism for this purpose, but I haven'...
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Question about MOCA and MEA
Why is there sometimes a MOCA on the chart and sometimes only an MEA?
In the picture, there's only an MEA until BAGBY, and then MOCA appears after BAGBY. Do you know why this is happening?
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Question about V25 route's MOCA
I found something curious about the V25 route on the en-route low altitude chart. Before LAPED, there was no MOCA indicated, only an MEA of 9000. Why does MOCA 6500 appear after LAPED?
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The nav accuracy during SID and STAR
Does anybody knows is there any document where is described the nav accuracy during STAR and SID? I mean, how far can I deviate from the path as much as possible?
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Can this plane make it to an airport after dual engine failure?
If you are flying to the most remote airport(according to simple flying most remote airport is Mataveri International Airport), while flying on a typical airliner with normal weather, in the event of ...
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How can the derivative of the geodetic angles (lat, lon) be expressed by the Velocities in the NED-Frame?
I have found in the book "Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems" following expressions (eqn. 2.25 and 2.26).
https://www.newbooks-services.de/MediaFiles/Texts/4/9780857296344_Excerpt_002.pdf
$\lambda$...
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Do GPS coordinates of a fixed point in space ever change?
As I understand, GNSS uses the WGS84 model of the earth to pin-point points in 3D space. However, once the GPS coordinates of a point in space have been determined (say a GPS waypoint), do it's ...
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Unusual pattern over English Channel
I have just spotted this Beechcraft flying an unusual pattern over the English Channel (late at night). It has no call sign etc. I'm thinking maybe a military aircraft looking for illegal migrant ...
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ADIRU Mounting in Avionics Rack
If I understand correctly, navigational gyroscopes and accelerometers are located within the ADIRU boxes themselves. In order to initialise during aircraft startup, they must be mounted precisely ...
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What is the name of the dotted line that shows the predicted turn radius, found on the Navigation display of the 738
What is the name for the white dotted line that stretches out from the aircraft on the navigation display, when the aircraft enters a turn? It shows the aircrafts predicted flight path.
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