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What about compass anomalies when flying around the poles? What about flying at extreme altitudes? If we're talking about avionics for Boeing passenger jets,
by Wingman4l7 14y ago
What about compass anomalies when flying around the poles? What about flying at extreme altitudes?
If we're talking about avionics for Boeing passenger jets, that's one thing -- but those aren't going to be the same avionics that go into a Cessna 172 or a glider. That's why differing standards exist.
And no, I'm not claiming that -- that's what the giant sticker is for. If you're concerned about that sort of thing, make your hardware open and people can put on whatever custom firmware they like.
- defrost 14y agoWhen flying, navigating or surveying in polar regions it pays to have control (or an understanding) over the translation from raw sat packets to polar suitable coordinates, when flying at extreme altitudes it pays to have the same as numerous commercial GPS units have altitude and/or speed cutouts. I'm certainly not talking avionics for commercial passenger craft, I'm talking about the avionics for routine global scientific measurements, geophysics, weather balloons, cheap drones, etc - all of these are application areas where roll your own avionics that aren't written by North American bound myopics are applicable.