Research Article

Effect of East Gyro Drift and Initial Azimuth Error on the Compass Azimuth Alignment Convergence Time

Table 5

Convergence times for different Td and different gyro constant drifts.

Gyro drift (°/h)Td (s)200300400500

0.04Convergence time (s)170255341426
Ratio0.850.850.850.85
0.03Convergence time (s)158238317396
Ratio0.790.790.790.79
0.02Convergence time (s)101152203254
Ratio0.510.510.510.51
0.01Convergence time (s)93139186232
Ratio0.470.460.470.46