The purpose of this study is to develop a low cost navigation solution for General Aviation (GA) aircraft and flight testing aircraft. This low cost solution uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) coupled with an Inertial Navigation Solution (INS) to provide a more accurate, stable navigation solution that can be acceptable for aircraft navigation. Lab VIEW was utilized to perform data acquisition and computation. LabVIEW was the backbone software to perform real time computation. MATLAB ® Simulink ® was used to plot graphs for final analysis of the code. A software Kalman Filter was utilized to provide signal stability and signal continuity. This study will be utilized as a preliminary step towards the development of inexpensive alternate methods of aircraft navigation for GA and flight testing.
","abstract_html":"<p>The purpose of this study is to develop a low cost navigation solution for General Aviation (GA) aircraft and flight testing aircraft. This low cost solution uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) coupled with an Inertial Navigation Solution (INS) to provide a more accurate, stable navigation solution that can be acceptable for aircraft navigation. Lab VIEW was utilized to perform data acquisition and computation. LabVIEW was the backbone software to perform real time computation. MATLAB ® Simulink ® was used to plot graphs for final analysis of the code. A software Kalman Filter was utilized to provide signal stability and signal continuity. This study will be utilized as a preliminary step towards the development of inexpensive alternate methods of aircraft navigation for GA and flight testing.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Njenga, Charles"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering","degree_level":"Thesis - Open Access","degree_discipline":"Aerospace Engineering","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Richard P. Anderson","Charles N. Eastlake","James Ladesic"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2008,"date_issued":"2008-04-01T07:00:00Z","date_published":"2008-04-01T07:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-27T19:25:45Z","subjects":["electromechanical","inertial navigation","Aerospace Engineering","Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/158","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Richard P. Anderson","Charles N. Eastlake","James Ladesic"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Njenga, Charles"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Aerospace Engineering"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis - Open Access"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["electromechanical","inertial navigation","Aerospace Engineering","Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/158"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The purpose of this study is to develop a low cost navigation solution for General Aviation (GA) aircraft and flight testing aircraft. This low cost solution uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) coupled with an Inertial Navigation Solution (INS) to provide a more accurate, stable navigation solution that can be acceptable for aircraft navigation. Lab VIEW was utilized to perform data acquisition and computation. LabVIEW was the backbone software to perform real time computation. MATLAB ® Simulink ® was used to plot graphs for final analysis of the code. A software Kalman Filter was utilized to provide signal stability and signal continuity. This study will be utilized as a preliminary step towards the development of inexpensive alternate methods of aircraft navigation for GA and flight testing.
"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Implementation of a Low Cost Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Inertial Navigation Solution"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Richard P. Anderson","Charles N. Eastlake","James Ladesic"],"dc:creator":["Njenga, Charles"],"dc:description.abstract":["The purpose of this study is to develop a low cost navigation solution for General Aviation (GA) aircraft and flight testing aircraft. This low cost solution uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) coupled with an Inertial Navigation Solution (INS) to provide a more accurate, stable navigation solution that can be acceptable for aircraft navigation. Lab VIEW was utilized to perform data acquisition and computation. LabVIEW was the backbone software to perform real time computation. MATLAB ® Simulink ® was used to plot graphs for final analysis of the code. A software Kalman Filter was utilized to provide signal stability and signal continuity. This study will be utilized as a preliminary step towards the development of inexpensive alternate methods of aircraft navigation for GA and flight testing.
"],"dc:identifier":["https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/158"],"dc:subject":["electromechanical","inertial navigation","Aerospace Engineering","Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics"],"dc:title":["Implementation of a Low Cost Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Inertial Navigation Solution"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Aerospace Engineering"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis - Open Access"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-27T19:25:45Z"}