• DocumentCode
    1177230
  • Title

    Confidence Limits for the Pointing Error of Gimbaled Sensors

  • Author

    Fisk, Jerome W. ; Rue, Arthur K.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Aircraft Company Culver City, Calif.
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1966
  • Firstpage
    648
  • Lastpage
    654
  • Abstract
    The confidence limits for the pointing error of a gimbaled sensor relative to an off-gimbal reference are derived in this paper. The various misalignment angles and errors that lead to discrepancies between the indicated and the actual pointing direction are discussed in detail. A mathematical model is developed from which the statistics of the pointing error are derived. The confidence limits are obtained for a variety of cases.
  • Keywords
    Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Cities and towns; Error analysis; Mathematical model; Mechanical sensors; Servomechanisms; Shafts; Silicon compounds; Transducers; Confidence limits; error; gimbaling; pointing; readout; sensors; statistics; tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1966.4501957
  • Filename
    4501957