DMU380ZA Series
User’s Manual
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Application Guide
Introduction
4.1
This section provides recommended advanced settings for tailoring the DMU380ZA
Series of inertial systems to different types of application and platform requirements.
Fixed Wing Aircraft
4.2
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft where movement of the wings in relation
to the aircraft is not used to generate lift. The term is used to distinguish from rotary-wing
aircraft, where the movement of the wing surfaces relative to the aircraft generates lift.
The fixed wing aircraft can range in size from the smallest experimental plane to the
largest commercial jet. The dynamic characteristics of the fixed wing aircraft depends
upon types of aircraft (i.g., glider, propeller aircraft, and jet aircraft) and mission phases
(i.e., launch, landing, and maneuver). In order to meet application requirements, users
must dial in proper advanced settings so that the DMU380ZA Series can provide the best
possible solution under given dynamic conditions. For example, Table 14 provides the
recommended advanced settings for four different dynamic conditions.
Table 14 Recommended Advanced Settings for Fixed Wing Aircraft
Recommended
Product
AHRS380ZA or INS380ZA
Recommended
Settings
Dynamic Condition
Pre-launch or known
straight and level un-
accelerated flight
Launch
Normal
Dynamics
(Default)
High Dynamics
UseMags
ON
ON
ON
ON
UseGPS
ON
ON (< 4g)
ON
ON (< 4g)
FreelyIntegrate
OFF
OFF**
OFF
OFF (< 2g)
Stationary Yaw Lock
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
Restart Over Range
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
Dynamic Motion
OFF
ON
ON
ON
Turn Switch Threshold
0.5 deg/s
0.5 deg/s
0.5 deg/s
0.5 deg/s
XY Filter Accel
5 Hz
5 Hz
5 Hz*
15 Hz
Z Filter Accel
5 Hz
5 Hz
5 Hz*
15 Hz
Filter Rate Sensor
20 Hz
20 Hz
20 Hz*
20 Hz
*A cutoff frequency of filters may be varied depending on the fastest dynamic mode of the
aircraft. For example, the conventional aircraft has five dynamic modes, short-period, phugoid,
spiral, dutch-roll, and roll, and the fastest one is the roll mode. The natural frequency of this
mode is around 6~8 radian/sec or (about 2 Hz) in most cases. Therefore, the recommended
filter setting would not reject desired frequency components (or dynamic modes) that one
wants to capture. However, the larger the bandwidth (or cutoff frequency) is, the noisier the
corresponding signal is, which may result in the performance degradation. If the aircraft is
operated under severe vibrations, also, the recommended filter setting may need to be further
reduced in order to reject the frequency components caused by the vibration.