GPS-Based Steering Needle Instrument

Authors

Carl Edward Wischmeyer

Submitting Campus

Prescott

Department

Safety Science

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

2-27-2007

Abstract/Description

A a flight instrument enabling a pilot to intercept and precisely follow a predefined GPS track. The instrument­ known as a GPS steering indicator-provides a visual display which is similar in appearance to other aircraft instruments (and therefore instantly recognizable to nearly all pilots). However, the instrument is preferably differen­tiated somewhat in its visual appearance to convey to the pilot the fact that it displays steering commands rather than cross track error. An indicator needle deflects to instruct the pilot which way to turn and how much to turn in order to intercept and fly along a predefined GPS track. By centering the indicator needle, the pilot maintains the desired instan­taneous track.

Patent Number

US 7,184,883 B2

Assignee

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Application Number

11/036,546

Date Filed

1-14-2005

Scholarly Commons Citation

Wischmeyer, C. E. (2007). GPS-Based Steering Needle Instrument. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2199