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The Art of the Helicopter John Watkinson - Karatunov.net

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Fig. 7.24 Using RADAR signals. At (a) a transmitted pulse is timed to measure distance. At (b) <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong><br />

Doppler shift measures velocity.<br />

Fig. 7.25 Doppler RADAR mixes <strong>the</strong> transmitted and received signals to create a difference frequency<br />

proportional to target velocity.<br />

ground velocity multiplied by <strong>the</strong> cosine <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beam angle. A signal processor in <strong>the</strong><br />

Doppler receiver can make <strong>the</strong> necessary correction.<br />

If two orthogonal (mutually at right angles) beams are transmitted, it will be possible<br />

to resolve <strong>the</strong> angular difference between heading (direction <strong>of</strong> travel through <strong>the</strong> air<br />

mass) and <strong>the</strong> track (direction <strong>of</strong> travel over <strong>the</strong> ground) from <strong>the</strong> relationship between<br />

<strong>the</strong> two Doppler velocities. If this information is compared with <strong>the</strong> true airspeed and<br />

<strong>the</strong> heading it will be possible to compute <strong>the</strong> wind velocity.<br />

Manoeuvres will result in <strong>the</strong> angle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beams changing with respect to <strong>the</strong> earth<br />

and this must be compensated using attitude signals from a vertical gyro or with a<br />

third beam.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r useful characteristic <strong>of</strong> Doppler RADAR is that <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> cycles<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> signal emerging from <strong>the</strong> mixer is proportional to <strong>the</strong> distance flown in <strong>the</strong><br />

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