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Terrain-following radar

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357:. The test aircraft carried cameras looking in various directions, including some looking at the aircraft instruments and radar displays. This allowed the system to be extensively examined on the ground after the flight. Each flight returned data for flights over about 100 miles, and over 250 such flights were carried out. Early tests showed random noise in the measurements which rendered the measurements useless. This was eventually traced to the automatic gain control using very high gain while at the top of the scanning pattern where the terrain was normally at long distances and required the most amplification. This had the side-effect of making spurious reflections in the antenna's 263:, which results in two separate signals being sent in slightly different directions while overlapping in the center. When the signals are received, the receiver uses this extra information to separate the signals back out again. When these signals are oriented vertically, the signal from the lower beam hits the ground closer to the aircraft, producing a spread-out blip as in the case of earlier radars, while the upper beam produces a similar blip but located at a slightly further distance. The two blips overlap to produce an extended ellipse. 271:. The exact midpoint of the beam is where the voltage crosses zero. This results in a measurement that is both precisely aligned with the midline of the signal and is easily identified using simple electronics. The range can then be accurately determined by timing the precise moment when the zero-crossing occurs. Accuracies on the order of a meter for measurements of objects kilometers away are commonly achieved. 31: 537: 346:
an O-shaped pattern, scanning vertically from 8 degrees over the flight path to 12 degrees below it, while moving a few degrees left and right of the flight path. Additionally, the system read turn rates from the instruments and moved the scanning pattern further left or right to measure the terrain where the aircraft would be in the future.
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effect was known as "ballooning". To address this, real-world units had an additional term that was applied that caused the aircraft to climb more rapidly against larger displacements. This resulted in the aircraft reaching the desired clearance altitude earlier than normal and thus levelling off before reaching the peak.
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However, radar emissions can be detected by enemy anti-aircraft systems with relative ease once there is no covering terrain, allowing the aircraft to be targeted. The use of terrain-following radar is therefore a compromise between the increased survivability due to terrain masking and the ease with
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being amplified to the point of causing interference. This was addressed by moving from an O-shaped pattern to a U-shaped one, and only allowing the gain to increase when scanning upward to prevent it from re-adjusting to high gain when moving downward and thereby avoiding low-lying terrain appearing
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is used to produce a reference to calculate actual altitudes. The beamwidth of the radar was small enough that objects to either side of the aircraft's flight path might be a potential hazard if the aircraft was blown sideways or started a turn close to the object. To avoid this, the radar scanned in
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Ultimately the F-111 ran into delays and cost overruns not unlike the TSR-2. After examining several concepts, the RAF eventually decided to use the Buccaneer. Although this platform had been extensively tested with the Ferranti radar, this potential upgrade was not selected for service. Unhappiness
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One problem with this simple algorithm is that the calculated path will keep the aircraft in positive pitch as it approaches the crest of a hill. This results in the aircraft flying over the peak while still climbing and taking some time before it begins to descend again into the valley beyond. This
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Even an automated system has limitations, and all aircraft with terrain-following radars have limits on how low and fast they can fly. Factors such as system response-time, aircraft g-limits and the weather can all limit an aircraft. Since the radar cannot tell what is beyond any immediate terrain,
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As the pilots became familiar with the system, the engineers continually reduced the selected clearance downward until it demonstrated its ability to safely and smoothly operate at an average of only 30 metres (98 ft) clearance. This was tested against rough terrain, including mountain ridges,
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Because the radar only sees objects in the line-of-sight, it cannot see hills behind other hills. To prevent the aircraft from diving into a valley only to require a hard pull-up, the negative G limit was generally low, on the order of one-half G. The systems also had problems over water, where the
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TFR systems work by scanning a radar beam vertically in front of the aircraft and comparing the range and angle of the radar reflections to a pre-computed ideal manoeuvring curve. By comparing the distance between the terrain and the ideal curve, the system calculates a manoeuvre that will make the
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For a variety of reasons, the TSR-2 project was cancelled in 1965 in favor of purchasing the F-111, a platform of similar concept based around a similar radar. In contrast to Ferranti's design, the APQ-110 offered several additional controls, including a ride quality setting for "hard", "soft" and
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The timing of the pulses is much faster than the vertical scanning, so for any one pulse the angle is fixed. When then pulse is sent, the function generator is triggered. When the return is seen, the system sums the output from the generator at that instant with the output from the angle sensor on
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radars; terrain avoidance systems scan horizontally to produce a map-like display that the navigator then uses to plot a route that avoids higher terrain features. The two techniques are often combined in a single radar system: the navigator uses the terrain avoidance mode to choose an ideal route
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On aircraft with more than one crew, the radar is normally used by the navigator and this allows the pilot to focus on other aspects of the flight besides the extremely intensive task of low flying itself. Most aircraft allow the pilot to also select the ride "hardness" with a cockpit switch, to
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To guide the aircraft, a series of these measurements are taken over the period of one complete vertical scan out to some maximum distance on the order of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). The maximum positive or minimum negative value of the angle error during the scan is recorded. That voltage is a
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signal towards the ground area in front of the aircraft while the radar scans up and down. The signal is sent as a series of brief pulses and the reflections of these pulses off the ground produces very powerful returns. The time the pulse takes to travel to and from the terrain produces a range
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systems with beamwidths on the order of four degrees. When the beam hits the ground, some of the signal scatters back toward the aircraft, allowing it to measure the distance to the ground in front of it. When looking downwards at an angle, the near and far side of the radar's circular beam was
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Terrain avoidance normally works in a relative fashion; that is, the absolute altitudes of objects are not important. In some cases, it is desirable to provide an absolute number to indicate the amount of clearance or lack of it. The height of the top of any particular feature relative to the
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the flight path may also suffer from "ballooning" over sharp terrain ridges, where the altitude becomes unnecessarily high. Furthermore, obstacles such as radio antennas and electricity pylons may be detected late by the radar and present collision hazards.
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systems require a line of sight to the target, flying low to the ground and at high speed reduces the time that an aircraft is vulnerable to detection to a minimum by hiding the aircraft behind terrain as far as possible. This is known as
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Systems are now available that mount to commercial UAV's, allowing the carriage of Ground Penetrating Radar or magnetometry sensors for sub-surface survey. This is being exploited in finding unexploded ordnance and in archaeology.
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the radar. The resulting voltage represents the angle between the actual and preferred location. If the voltage is positive, that means the terrain lies above the curve, negative means it is below. This difference is known as the
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Terrain following radar is primarily used by military strike aircraft, to enable flight at very low altitudes (sometimes below 100 feet/30 metres) and high speeds. Since radar detection by enemy radars and interception by
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During testing, the radar was not connected to the aircraft's autopilot system and all control was manual. The curve was chosen to produce a one-half G maximum load. The path to fly was indicated by a dot in an AIRPASS
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In spite of the early start of Cornell's work, for reasons that are not well recorded, further development in the US ended for a time with the concept in a semi-complete form. This changed dramatically after the
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representation of the change in pitch angle the aircraft needs to fly at to keep itself at the desired clearance altitude above the terrain while manoeuvring at the selected load factor. This can be fed into an
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The key feature of the monopulse technique is that the signals overlap in a very specific way; if you invert one of the signals and then sum them, the result is a voltage output that looks something like a
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Unsurprisingly, Ferranti won the contract for the radar component sometime in 1957 or 58. Shortly after the project started, in 1959 the project lead, Gus Scott, left for Hughes Microcircuits in nearby
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and not accurate enough for terrain avoidance. It was, however, accurate enough to produce a low-resolution map-like display of the ground below the aircraft, leading to the wartime development of the
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aircraft clear the terrain by a pre-selected distance, often on the order of 100 metres (330 ft). Using TFR allows an aircraft to automatically follow terrain at very low levels and high speeds.
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None of the existing sources are clear whether this was both positive and negative load, or just negative. The value is smaller than production unit's positive loads, but typical for negative.
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Military helicopters may also have terrain-following radar. Due to their lower speed and high maneuverability, helicopters are normally able to fly lower than fixed-wing aircraft.
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to the low-altitude "penetrator" approach. In the short term, a number of terrain avoidance radars were introduced for a variety of aircraft. The first true TFR in the US was the
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measurement to the terrain in front of the aircraft. The angle relative to the aircraft is returned by a sensor on the vertical gimbal that returns a calibrated voltage.
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to automatically maintain a relatively constant altitude above ground level and therefore make detection by enemy radar more difficult. It is sometimes referred to as
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ramp, flat under the aircraft and then curving upward in front of it. The curve represents the path the aircraft would take if it was manoeuvring at a constant
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AN/APQ-101, which launched the company as the market leader in TFR for many years. In the early 1960s, they developed TFR systems for the RF-4C version of the
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concept. The monopulse technique produces a beam of the same width as a traditional design, but adds additional information in the radio signal, often using
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for testing. A significant issue is that the amount of signal returned varies greatly with the terrain; a building's vertical walls produces a partial
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that returns a signal that is about 10 million times stronger than the signal from sand or dry ground. To deal with the rapidly changing signals, an
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and the technique is no longer common. Most aircraft of this class have since retired although the Su-24 and Tornado remain in use in some numbers.
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through lower-altitude terrain features like valleys, and then switches to TFR mode which then flies over that route at a minimum altitude.
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The radar measures only relative angles in reference to the stabilized boresight line using aircraft instruments, so the aircraft's
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Terrain-following radar is sometimes used by civilian aircraft that map the ground and wish to maintain a constant height over it.
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Force V: The history of Britain's airborne deterrent, by Andrew Brookes. Jane's Publishing Co Ltd; First Edition 1 Jan. 1982,
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spread out into an ellipse on the ground. The return from this pattern produced a "blip" that was similarly spread out on the
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radars have a single antenna that can be used to look forward and at the ground, by electronically steering the beams.
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choose between how closely the aircraft tries to keep itself close to the ground and the forces exerted on the pilot.
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technologies through the 1990s has led to a reduction in low-altitude flight as a solution to the problem of avoiding
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have two separate radars, with the smaller one used for terrain-following. However, more modern aircraft such as the
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with this state of affairs led the RAF to begin discussions with their French counterparts and the emergence of the
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The next year, the UK government began negotiations with a wider selection of countries, leading eventually to the
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at RAF Museum Cosford, 2002. Ferranti developed the first terrain-following radar specifically for the TSR-2.
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The Cornell reports were picked up in the UK where they formed the basis of an emerging concept for a new
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blind valleys and even cliff faces. It was also found to property guide over artificial objects like the
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is producing a varying voltage representing a preferred manoeuvring curve. This is similar in shape to a
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There are very few alternatives to using terrain-following radar for high-speed, low altitude flight.
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radar beam tended to scatter forward and returned little signal to the aircraft except in high
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To provide the accuracy required for terrain following, TFR systems have to be based on the
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See images page 13. The system is about half as large as the original AIRPASS unit.
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project was ultimately abandoned, the concept was widely deployed in 1960s and 70s
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flight may also apply but is more commonly used in relation to low-flying military
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built a simulator of the system using discrete electronics that filled a room.
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Tests of the system were carried out using Ferranti Test Flight's existing
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in the 1950s. It was first built in production form starting in 1959 by
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The TFR concept traces its history to studies carried out at the
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Advances in electronics during development allowed the original
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for higher-speed testing. The tests were carried out from
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Terrain-following radars differ from the similar-sounding
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At the same time that the radar is sending out pulses, a
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Index

Terrain following radar

TSR-2
aerospace
aircraft
nap-of-the-earth
helicopters
terrain avoidance
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Ferranti
TSR-2
English Electric Canberra
TSR-2
strike aircraft
interdictors
General Dynamics F-111
Panavia Tornado
Sukhoi Su-24
stealth aircraft
anti-aircraft weapons
pencil beam
radar
function generator
ski jump
g-force
autopilot
heads-up display
sea states
radio altimeter
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

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