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		<title>Handle Like Eggs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our airplane has pretty much been broke all afternoon, and it is still broke. The captain&#8217;s side instruments are not getting the correct heading information and displaying flags saying it is unreliable. Maintenance replaced one of the AHRS, and still no luck yet. However, I did get an excellent picture of one of the AHRS.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our airplane has pretty much been broke all afternoon, and it is still broke. The captain&#8217;s side instruments are not getting the correct heading information and displaying flags saying it is unreliable. Maintenance replaced one of the AHRS, and still no luck yet. However, I did get an excellent picture of one of the AHRS.</p>
<p>Take note to the yellow sticker on it. I think I need to develop one of those and put it on my iPhone! <strong>What do you think? </strong><span id="more-175"></span></p>
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<p>Now what is an AHRS? I wikipediaed it! It gives a way better explanation on what it does than I ever could explain!</p>
<p><strong>What is AHRS? </strong>(Taken from Wikipedia)<strong><br />
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<p><strong>Attitude and Heading Reference Systems</strong> or better known as <strong>Attitude Heading Reference System</strong> (AHRS) are 3-axis sensors that provide heading, attitude and yaw information for aircraft. AHRS are designed to replace traditional mechanical <span class="mw-redirect">gyroscopic</span> flight instruments and provide superior reliability and accuracy.</p>
<p>AHRS consist of either solid-state or <span class="mw-redirect">MEMS</span> <span class="new">gyroscopes</span>, <span class="mw-redirect">accelerometers</span> and <span class="mw-redirect">magnetometers</span> on all three axes. Some AHRS use <span class="mw-redirect">GPS</span> receivers to improve long-term stability of the gyroscopes. A Kalman filter is typically used to compute the solution from these multiple sources. AHRS differ from traditional <span class="mw-redirect">inertial navigation systems</span> by using magnetometer and/or GPS data to correct the raw gyroscopic data.</p>
<p>AHRS have proven themselves to be highly reliable and are in common use in commercial and business aircraft. Recent advances in <span class="new">MEMS manufacturing</span> have brought the price of FAA certified AHRS down to below $15,000. AHRS are typically integrated into <span class="mw-redirect">Electronic Flight Information Systems</span> (EFIS), which are the central part of so-called glass cockpits. AHRS are often combined with <span class="mw-redirect">air data computers</span> to form an &#8220;air data, attitude and heading reference systems&#8221; (ADAHRS), which provide additional information such as airspeed, altitude and outside air temperature.</p>
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