Summary

The Radar Altimeter measures the flying altitude over ground below 2500ft.


Manufacturer Honeywell
Model KRA 405B
Serial No. n/a
Type altimeter
REGISTRY-Link ↪ REGISTRY (6691)


Contacts

Name Institution Role
Martin Gehrmann Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Device Contact

Available Devices and Specifications

Name Model Serial Number REGISTRY-Link
Radar Altimeter KRA 405B n/a ↪ REGISTRY (6692)
Radar Altimeter KRA 405B n/a ↪ REGISTRY (6693)

Specifications of Radar Altimeter KRA 405B (without mounting)

Position

                    
InfoThe radar antennas are installed at the fuselage and the instrument is installed in the cockpit.


X0.0 none
 


Y0.0 none


Z0.0 none
 


                     

Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameter

                

                    
                        

                            
                                Parameter
                            
                            
                                O2ARegistry Output Type
                            
                            
                                Unit
                            
                        

                    
                    
            
                        

                            radar altitude
                            altitude
                            m
                        


                        

                            radar altitude raw 
                            voltage
                            V
                        


                    

                
Rawdata storage on board
Data archiving on land
DMS

Documentation
Also see https://sensor.awi.de/ for calibration certificates of the sensors.