MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 September 1964
ITEM NAME: ELECTRONIC CONTROL AMPLIFIER
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AM-2370/APN-129
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Used by
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Ryan Aeronautical Company (78022)
used as an accessory to automatic navigation and flight
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
control systems. The vertical reference system provides
aircraft altitude information used to correct aircraft
Electronic Control Amplifier AM-2370/APN-129 is
velocity data involved by the navigation equipment.
used in conjunction with a displacement gyroscope and
a gyroscopic switch, forms a vertical reference system
AM-2370/APN-129: 1