Local Level Lab

Airborne measurements. Open methods.

Independent trajectory-force controls

Question

Does the proposed acceleration-only diagnostic correctly transform a declared receiver trajectory into the required specific force under each of the three physical models, without using gyroscopes or fused navigation?

This is a deterministic software qualification. It does not measure instrument performance, establish a calibrated likelihood or add flight evidence.

Independent reference

Generate twenty-one exact epochs over twenty seconds for six declared motion profiles: stationary, slow, eastbound, northbound, changing direction and climbing with acceleration. Use both hemispheres across the matrix. Evaluate all three physical candidates for each truth, preserving comparisons that do not separate.

Reference positions and the north/east/down basis are constructed in Cartesian coordinates from independent WGS84 ellipsoid/disc equations. Second-order scalar jets differentiate those equations. Reference specific force follows Cartesian acceleration plus Coriolis, with apparent gravity declared explicitly. No production geographic kinematics or force helper generates the reference.

The adapter instead differentiates the candidate's coordinate metric to obtain local velocity and its component derivative, calculates transport, and calls the qualified force helper. Check its true-model velocity, acceleration, transport and force against the independent reference. Two distinct changing body attitudes must give the same acceleration-magnitude residual. No gyro stream is generated or supplied to the adapter.

This fixes the background rate only to test the declared models; it is not a free field measurement. Gravity is an explicit 9.81 m/s² software assumption. It is apparent gravity, including the usual centrifugal contribution for the rotating case; it must not be mistaken for an independent raw gravitational observation.

Finite scope and acceptance

Work Maximum
Diagnostic identities 18
Epochs per identity 21
Candidate receiver-force evaluations 1,134
Scalar magnitude comparisons, two attitudes 2,268
Optimizer starts / native calls / original reads 0 / 0 / 0
Numerical threads 4 total, one worker
Runtime 60 seconds
Retries 0

Each true-model check must have maximum component error below 10⁻⁸ m/s for velocity, 10⁻⁹ m/s² for local acceleration and specific force, and 10⁻¹² rad/s for transport. Magnitude residual and two-attitude agreement must be below 10⁻⁹ m/s². Stationary controls must retain the indistinguishable force magnitudes; incorrect-model cases are reported without requiring a positive distinction.

Freeze source/environment hashes, the complete task list and limits before the batch. Charge each identity before evaluation and save all returned outcomes. The completed batch cannot restart. A failed check blocks recorded-data use and is retained for diagnosis.

Files and subsequent gate

After this force calculation passes, receiver-trajectory differentiation and its temporal uncertainty still need qualification. Calibration, averaging of raw increments, synchronization and initialization must be declared before a finite recorded-data comparison. Passing these exact-trajectory controls alone does not authorize that comparison or change the main 53-stretch findings.