correct as is rearm and wake stops INS alignment

[nighteyes2017]

Couldn't find if this has been reported, and cant really imagine that this is normal behavior.

So during INS alignment, taxi of the aircraft stops the alignment. Normal off course. But wiggling of the aircraft isn't changing the actual GPS position is it? 

So when bombs get loaded, or if wake from aircraft taking off passes by, it wiggles the aircraft, and alignment stops.

Should it?

I cant imagine that it really should. I mean, off course there is some gyro involved. And it could be that the shaking hinders the alignment, but I'm guessing that a lot of people are out there wandering why their alignment got screwed up again, even when they did everything exactly the same as last time.

Bug? or feature?

 

ins wake test.trk ins rearm test.trk

[Terzi]

Yes this is as it should be. Older block 30 aircraft was vibrating during FLCS test. Even that vibration was disturbing the INS alignment.

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

this is correct as is, if you have unclassified evidence to state otherwise please feel free to DM me. 

thanks

[nighteyes2017]

Kudos on the details of the INS in that case. 

It maybe a good idea then also to mention this in the manual that any movement on the aircraft interferes with the alignment.

[BIGNEWY]

44 minutes ago, nighteyes2017 said:

Kudos on the details of the INS in that case. 

It maybe a good idea then also to mention this in the manual that any movement on the aircraft interferes with the alignment.

I will mention it to the team, 

thank you

[Raptor9]

2 hours ago, nighteyes2017 said:

It maybe a good idea then also to mention this in the manual that any movement on the aircraft interferes with the alignment.

[nighteyes2017]

yes, found it. it wasn't under the ins procedure though, but was under cockpit orientation. Must have missed it. 

[Raptor9]

1 hour ago, nighteyes2017 said:

it wasn't under the ins procedure though

Good point. This will be addressed in the next manual update.

[WHOGX5]

12 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

Hi, 

this is correct as is, if you have unclassified evidence to state otherwise please feel free to DM me. 

thanks

9 hours ago, Raptor9 said:

You should be able to move during alignment though. As long as you're doing a NORM alignment and the align status is below 70 the aircraft should enter NAV mode, even with the INS knob still set to NORM. When you're stationary again, the alignment will continue automatically. You just need to set the INS knob to NAV before you're airborne, but you can still taxi around and stuff without ruining your alignment.

[Furiz]

6 hours ago, WHOGX5 said:

You should be able to move during alignment though. As long as you're doing a NORM alignment and the align status is below 70 the aircraft should enter NAV mode, even with the INS knob still set to NORM. When you're stationary again, the alignment will continue automatically. You just need to set the INS knob to NAV before you're airborne, but you can still taxi around and stuff without ruining your alignment.

I know that when alignment is flashing, stored alignment, and aircraft starts moving it will switch to Nav even tho the knob is still set to Stored Alignment, but never tried to stop to see if it continues alignment.

[WHOGX5]

3 hours ago, Furiz said:

I know that when alignment is flashing, stored alignment, and aircraft starts moving it will switch to Nav even tho the knob is still set to Stored Alignment, but never tried to stop to see if it continues alignment.

As far as I know, you cannot resume the alignment once you're stationary again if you're doing a stored heading alignment. It only works with NORM alignments as long as the RDY/ALIGN is displayed (it does not need to be flashing, just displayed).