Tuesday, February 19, 2013

ADAHRS Shelf

I finished designing, building and installing the SkyView ADAHRS (Air Data/Attitude/Heading Reference System) shelf. Not a difficult task but it did have to be precisely level and parallel with the aircraft centerline and free from magnetic interference and vibration. The ADAHRS is the non-organic brains of this operation as it measures inertial, magnetic, and air data to drive the Artificial Horizon/Synthetic Vision, Airspeed, Altitude, Vertical Speed, Slip, Turn Rate, Angle of Attack and Gyro-Stabilized Heading.


During construction. The upper inch is angled to mate with the stringers where it attaches to the fuselage.


The ADAHRS will be attached with plastic or brass hardware to prevent magnetic interference. The red plugs on front will be removed to connect the pitot, static and angle of attack lines. The back has the connection to the Skyview network and the OAT (Outside Air Temperature) sensor. I made it wide enough to hold an optional second backup ADAHRS.

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