MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 July 196.1
ITEM NAME: RADAR NAVIGATION SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APN-130
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER!
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Ryan Electronics Div. of Ryan Aeronautical Company
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The AN/APN-130 is a cw doppler navigation set
designed primarily as an all weather ground velocity
indicator for helicopters, airships, and other aircraft with
hovering or negative speed characteristics. The set
automatically and continuously measures and displays
heading speed, drift speed, and vertical speed without
the aid of ground stations, wind estimates, or true air
speed data.
Outputs are provided for tie-in with
helicopter automatic stabilization equipment, ground
position computing and indicating equipment, and
distance computing and indicating equipment.
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
None.
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Heading Speed: 0 to +150knots
Drift Speed: O to t150 knots
Ground Speed: O to t 150 knots
Drift Angle: Any
Vertical Speed: O to ,3,500 ft per min
Altitude Range: O to 10,000 ft
Type of System: C-W Doppler; four fixed beams
Transmitter Frequency: 13,300 mc
Transmitter Power: 5w
Antenna Beam Width: 3 deg
Power Consumption: 500w
Power Requirements: 115/200v, 400 120 cps,
1-ph
Navigational Accuracy: Error of less than 2%
at altitudes up to 10,000 ft
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
Not available.
AN/APN-130:
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