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Larry Curcio - 13 Mar 2006 12:52 GMT

So I looked at the altimeter data from old AltAcc
instruments. It's... terrible. That from Adept is
pretty darn good. Thing is, I have an idea that involves
simultaneous altimeter/accelerometer data. Is there an
instrument that is strong in both areas? FC-877? RDAS?

All other things being equal, cheaper is better.

Anyone have any such data I might peek at just to fool
around with?

Thanks and Regards,
-Larry Curcio

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Cranny Dane - 14 Mar 2006 02:13 GMT

> Thing is, I have an idea that involves
> simultaneous altimeter/accelerometer data. Is there an
> instrument that is strong in both areas? FC-877? RDAS?

try a LOKI/Ozark ARTS flight computer

https://secure.consumersinterest.com/loki/store.asp?groupid=52120034163298

you can play with the software free download here:

http://lokiresearch.com/Programs/ARTS1_5.zip

CD

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David Schultz - 18 Mar 2006 18:03 GMT

> So I looked at the altimeter data from old AltAcc
> instruments. It's... terrible. That from Adept is
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> Thanks and Regards,
> -Larry Curcio

I like the data from the RDAS. The data from several flights including
AltAcc and RDAS is available on my web site. Look at the flight logs for
my level 3 project.

Processing the data with a Kalman filter works very well. :-)

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Larry Curcio - 18 Mar 2006 22:14 GMT

David,

Thanks for replying to the thread. I actually checked your
site and saw only graphs. Will have to look again.

Kudos on your papers, BTW. I'm sorta interested in
extending them. Perhaps we can communicate off line.

Regards,
-Larry Curcio

> I like the data from the RDAS. The data from several flights including
> AltAcc and RDAS is available on my web site. Look at the flight logs for
> my level 3 project.
>
> Processing the data with a Kalman filter works very well. :-)

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David Schultz - 18 Mar 2006 22:31 GMT

> David,
>
> Thanks for replying to the thread. I actually checked your
> site and saw only graphs. Will have to look again.

The link is at the bottom of the PAC-3 Page or use this:

http://home.earthlink.net/~david.schultz/level3/erint/flightlog/flightdataarchive/

Hmmmm. It looks like I need to add the T-22 data sometime.

> Kudos on your papers, BTW. I'm sorta interested in
> extending them. Perhaps we can communicate off line.

Sure thing. My E-mail address is also on the web site.

> Regards,
> -Larry Curcio
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>>Processing the data with a Kalman filter works very well. :-)

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