5/16/2023 0 Comments Air navigation tutorial![]() ![]() The CIVA can be installed in any aircraft, but the FJS 737 and 727 both have an option to display a functional 3D version in the Virtual Cockpit. Part 2 – familiarizationįor this I will be using the FlyJSim(FJS) 737-200 for X-plane 10/11, with the 3D CIVA INS Addon. The CIVA can be found on a lot of aircraft from the 60s onward, almost all Boeing aircraft from that era, the DC-8, the C-5 and possibly the most famous one, the Concord. This method eliminated a lot of potential human error and workload out of navigating. The INS solved this problem by allowing pilots to punch in a bunch of numbers to let the computer handle the rest. There’s more reading material for the technically inclined among us that wish to know more, but it’s not important for this article.īefore INS units, when people crossed the Atlantic in an aircraft, they had to plot their course/position in much the same way as ships have been doing for centuries, with a sextant. ![]() It does this by a series of gyroscopes that are on a rotating platform, which is also where the Carousel part of its full name comes from: “Delco Carousel IV-A”. INS stands for Inertial Navigation System, this is a system that tracks every tiny bit of movement from the aircraft, and by adding up all of these small bits of movement it can figure out where the aircraft currently is. Welcome to the CIVA INS navigation tutorial! Today we shall explore the joys of using a INS unit to find our way around the virtual world. It was so good as reference material for civil aviation navigation so we’ve added it as an article. Mudspike Contributor Casper ‘TheAlmightySnark’ de Wit first added this excellent CIVA INS Navigation Guide for X-Plane in our forums.
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