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290 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Helicopter</strong><br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Fig. 7.26 (a) As <strong>the</strong> beam is angled downwards, <strong>the</strong> measured velocity must be geometrically compensated.<br />

(b) If two orthogonal Doppler beams are used, it is possible to extract distance and direction from <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />

between <strong>the</strong> outputs from <strong>the</strong> two beams.<br />

direction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beam. If <strong>the</strong> heading output <strong>of</strong> a gyromag<strong>net</strong>ic compass is combined<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Doppler-derived track-to-heading angle, <strong>the</strong> true track can be computed.<br />

Figure 7.26(b) shows that during a flight in wind, <strong>the</strong> orthogonal Doppler beams will<br />

both output distance components. <strong>The</strong> resultant <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two will give <strong>the</strong> ground distance<br />

flown. This is <strong>the</strong> principle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Doppler navigator that has <strong>the</strong> advantage <strong>of</strong><br />

needing no earth-based signals whatsoever.<br />

7.19 Control signalling<br />

Control signalling is <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> communicating <strong>the</strong> position <strong>of</strong> a mechanism from<br />

one place to ano<strong>the</strong>r. <strong>The</strong>re are many applications <strong>of</strong> such signalling in a modern<br />

aircraft: <strong>the</strong> position <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pilot’s controls may be signalled to an actuator, <strong>the</strong><br />

actual position <strong>of</strong> an actuator may be signalled to a feedback control system and <strong>the</strong><br />

attitude <strong>of</strong> an artificial horizon may be signalled to an autopilot and to a RADAR set<br />

so that <strong>the</strong> attitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> RADAR antenna remains stable during manoeuvres.

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