Comments on "The Psi-Angle Error Equation in Straplown Inertial Navigation Systems"

The negative sign on the psi-angle differential equation for strapdow inertial navigation error analysis discussed by Weinreb and Bar-ltzhack is not due to differences in error propagation between gimbaled and strapdown systems, but to the definition of strapdown gyro drift rate given by them. If a consistent definition of gyro drift rate for gimbaled and strapdown systems error analysis is used, the sign change does not occur.