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To: sten

I would expect GPS lat/lon and GMT to be included in the engine data for identification purposes. An aircraft has dozens of GPS’s, it is just a chip, and could use an internal antenna. The additional payload of lat/lon and GMT is 12 bytes of data. OTOH, I would expect the engine data to be routed elsewhere to an external antenna. (GPS is receiving, engine data means higher-power transmitting)


22 posted on 03/14/2014 5:51:48 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: C210N

There’s no reason for engine maintenance data to include time or position; more likely it would include altitude, temperature, throttle position, airspeed, engine speeds and temperatures. Time is mostly irrelevant, but could be added when the data packet is received.


54 posted on 03/14/2014 3:08:13 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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