MH-53E is able to fly GPS airways and shoot GPS approaches
Legally??? What GPS do you have?
MH-53E is able to fly GPS airways and shoot GPS approaches
And to add more - when will our aircraft actually be able to utilize GPS to navigate the airways / shoot approaches like the rest of aviation does?
Needs to have the points incapable of alteration by the user + incorporation with the smart heads + flight testing. Not to mention negotiating the costs of the updates.
I cant imagine that .50 MBG would cause much suffering... Based on the ballistic gels I've seen from 5.56 I would tend to believe that the smaller ammunition has the potential to leave someone bleeding out for hours, as opposed to a 600 grain grain bullet moving 3500 fps which is near instant death.
Yes legally. As long as we load the dafif before the flight. It goes through our CDNU. AN/ASN-163 MAGR 2000 recieverLegally??? What GPS do you have?
And who would that instructor be?I'd also add weather radar and moving map (maybe incorporated into one display like google maps on my phone) to the list of SA builders that all helos should have. You know what else would be sweet? Some wide FOV NVDs. Or maybe a HUD that can display FLIR imagery on it. Or a helmet that has all this stuff incorporated into it.
In USN/USMC circles, if you ever get the chance to hear a particular USNTPS instructor talk, you owe it to yourself as a professional aviator to go and listen. He's got good, smart things to say about helos. I recently saw him give a presentation on high level ops that was amazing.
PM sent to avoid names on the internet.And who would that instructor be?
Yes legally. As long as we load the dafif before the flight. It goes through our CDNU. AN/ASN-163 MAGR 2000 reciever
The MH-53E C-12284/A Control Display Navigation Unit (CDNU) systemWait, what?
Per the FAR/AIM and OPNAV you can't legally shoot GPS approaches with a pilot-editable database. The approach has to be pre-programmed into the system and selectable as a whole. Anyone with a GPS can load the waypoints and create a SEQ/NSEQ string of the approach and fly it in an tightened approach mode, but that doesn't mean it's "legal."
/just did IGS today
//the new online TACAIR one
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/just did IGS today
//the new online TACAIR one
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The MH-53E C-12284/A Control Display Navigation Unit (CDNU) system
provides the control, display, processing and interface capability to meet the requirements of the Chief of Naval
Operations GPS Integration Guidance (GIG) for using the Global Positioning System (GPS) as an external
radio navigation aid within the National Airspace System (NAS). Using deviation, range and bearing displays,
the CDNU provides all navigation and pilot steering functions for the following phases of flight:
• Enroute operations;
• Terminal area operations (both departure and arrival);
• Non-precision approaches (including missed approaches).
The DAFIF data isnt editable by us. We simply take it from the CD's and load it onto our bricks to ensure our GPS waypoints are up to date. To shoot an approach we go to the approach page, select the airport and approach, choose the IAF and it loads all the waupoints for whatever approach we wanted into our current flight plan. We cannot change the position data of the approach waypoints. We can also load user created waypoints (defined in the aircraft while flying) and tactical waypoints (made on PFPS).
My understanding is that they're working to get the 60R/S RNAV capabilities. The current version of our MPS has uneditable DAFIF points in it and there are some upgrades to our EGIs coming that will allow for RAIM monitoring and all that other stuff you need to be able to shoot a GPS approach.Concur with above. I think it's the only USN a/c with an actual flight clearance / auth to legally file GPS approaches. That capability is hanging on by a thread.