Research Article

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

Table 9

Convergence times for different Td and different initial azimuth misalignments.

Initial azimuth error (°)Td (s)200300400500

4Convergence time (s)273410548685
Ratio1.371.371.371.37
3Convergence time (s)263395526658
Ratio1.321.321.321.32
2Convergence time (s)209314418523
Ratio1.051.051.051.05
1Convergence time (s)203304406507
Ratio1.021.021.021.02
0.5Convergence time (s)200300400500
Ratio1111