Aviation instruments are highly interesting pieces of engineering, and it is quite satisfying to watch the often over-engineered mechanisms behind them. If you are into that sort of thing it is ...

[Ken] recently obtained an attitude indicator—sometimes called an artificial horizon—from an F-4 fighter jet. Unlike some indicators, the F-4’s can rotate to show pitch, roll, and yaw, so it moves in ...

The display replaces the company's popular line of mechanical gyro-based attitude indicators. BendixKing unveiled its new KI 300 solid-state attitude indicator at AirVenture 2015, a micro ...

Aspen Avionics released the Evolution E5, a sub-$5,000 flight instrument integrating attitude indicator, directional gyro, course deviation indicator, GPS steering, air-data computer, and AHRS. The E5 ...

This column introduces the basic physics and math used to estimate roll and pitch under dynamic conditions using an IMU Measuring the dynamic roll and pitch angle of a platform is useful in a wide ...