摘要 |
Subject disclosure relates to a novel and improved system for determining the range and aspect of an aircraft or any other vehicle moving in three dimensions in relation to a fixed point. The system includes a fixed isoceles right triangular pattern laid out on the ground or an another suitable reference plane, an energy sensor detector on the aircraft that develops an image of triangular pattern, and determines the coordinates of the apices of the pattern, a computer on the aircraft that performs predetermined mathematical operations on the apex coordinate data from the sensor detector and a readout device on the aircraft that continuously provides range and aspect data that defines the position of the aircraft.
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