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RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft

RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft

Posted Nov 1, 2012 11:23 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft by jjstwerff
Parent article: RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft

But isn't altitude part of the position (which also include longitude and latitude).
Attitude with which way it is facing, and which way up it is, and whether a tail-spin is happening, which is independent of the position.
So I'm guessing Jake really did mean attitude.


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RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft

Posted Nov 1, 2012 13:45 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> So I'm guessing Jake really did mean attitude.

Yup, that's right. Pitch, yaw, and roll is another way to express it, I think ...

jake

RTLWS: Realtime Linux for aircraft

Posted Nov 8, 2012 16:31 UTC (Thu) by nhasan (guest, #1699) [Link]

That is exactly right. This coming from a pilot.

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