On the other hand... With GPS-aiding its argued that high performance INS-systems are not needed. The same performance will be reached with a low cost GPS and a mid to low performance inertial system. So I doubt we will have low cost high performance intertial sensors anytime soon.
-- Björn > Don't overlook that laser/fiber "ring-gyros" will drop in price the > patents expire and the predatory pricing ends: > > http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/mk39/assets/mk39.pdf > > As much as I have enjoyed playing with Loran-C, I would far rather > have a shoebox-sized, totally autonomous dead-reckoning backup, with > no lightning-prone antenna, than a Loran-C receiver. > > Doesn't help us timing guys, but we have Cesiums if we are really > serious. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by > incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
