Avionics Navigation Systems
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Lacking detail
Covers of this book much of important systems of navigation
including/understanding the GPS. However, I felt as there were some
details missing in the chapters first. It was not easy for me to
include/understand simple things that I did not realize of before this
book, such as the title 90 degrees of west due. I had been never
exposed to this type of runner. Consequently, I would not recommend
this book for a course of student preparing a licence.
Excellent book with exhaustive detail
This book contians all the information that anyone could ever need. It also has the best index I have ever seen, making finding the smallest section easy. It does not really cover the basics of each system, but provided you have a basic knowledge then it will build on that. It is up to the reader to decide how much depth they want to go into, this book will take them as far as they could possibly need to go.
A collection of disjoint writings
This book was obviously planned for the navigator or the originator of
tested system. It reviews certainly all the traditional and modern
systems of navigation. However, in the test to explain each meticulous
detail, basic operations of technology are never explained. The
average reader will have a very difficult time while just trying to
include/understand how a system of GPS or VOR or rangefinder radar
functions. A research on the sequence will present much better
explanations. It, by far, is not read fast, it is charged by volumes
of mathematics which is useful not very practical, and the chapters,
written by various authors, are often disjoin. Simple and principal
explanations are mentioned (if necessary) afterwards pages of
technical confusion. It is as if the author could spend several pages
explaining to the average nomad of desert how to build a snowman in
each meticulous detail
-- how to cultivate carrot for the nose, how to select the best black
rocks for the eyes, how to make with the body round degrees of "N" of
the precision -- but it forgets to mention (to page 89) that, OH
besides, you must make snow the cold to survive and to do one.
A collection of disjoint writings
This book was obviously intended for the experienced navigator or system designer. It certainly reviews all of the traditional and modern navigation systems. However, in trying to explain every minute detail, the basic workings of the technology are never explained.The average reader will have a very difficult time in just trying to understand how a GPS or VOR or DME system works. A search on the web will present much better explanations.
This is, by far, not a quick read, it is burdened by volumes of mathematics that are of little practical use, and the chapters, written by different authors, are often disjoint.
Simple, key explanations are mentioned (if at all) after pages of technical confusion. It is as if the author could spend several pages explaining to the average desert nomad how to build a snowman in every minute detail -- how to grow the carrot for the nose, how to pick out the best black rocks for the eyes, how to make the body round to "n" degrees of precision -- but he forgets to mention (until page 89) that, oh by the way, you need to have cold weather and snow to make one.
The definitive text on the subject, for engineers and pilots
Engineers and pilots alike will appreciate this book if they skim the math and read it as a survey text, as all possible functional behavior is described for GPS, GLONASS, Inertial systems, VOR, DME, ILS, and more. The intro to the math involved is good, as it walks the line between satisfying a mathematician's love of state space and spherical trig, while not losing the average reader. As an Avionics Systems Engineer tasked with avionics integration, I found the right level of detail when the book describes electronic hardware, software requirements, and system error sources. As a "cover-to-cover" exercise, the reader is advised that this book asks for a high level of commitment. Read a chapter or two at a time (with trash novels in between), the reader's curiosity will sustain him /her for the duration of this well written book.
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