Results of DC-10 Tests Using GPS Attitude Determination

Timothy Iacobacci, Leonard Kruczynski and John Delucchi

Abstract:	A TANS Vector GPS Attitude Determination System has been installed on a DC-10 as part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the benefits of GPS to commercial aircraft operations. The DC-10 flies in revenue service and, in addition to the Vector, has two TNL-8100s and two inertial navigation systems to support SATCOM antenna pointing. This paper presents the results of flight tests of the Vector. The results show that the Vector maintained solutions during aircraft maneuvers, that it provided accuracy well within the beam width of the antenna, and that its integer resolution methods were fast and accurate. The tests showed that GPS-based attitude determination has the potential to provide primary attitude information for aircraft.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995) September 12 - 15, 1995 Palm Springs, CA
Pages:	1743 - 1750
Cite this article:	Iacobacci, Timothy, Kruczynski, Leonard, Delucchi, John, "Results of DC-10 Tests Using GPS Attitude Determination," Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995), Palm Springs, CA, September 1995, pp. 1743-1750.
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