A Method of Calibrating Airspeed Installations on Airplanes at Transonic and Supersonic Speeds by Use of Accelerometer and Attitude-Angle Measurements

Abstract

METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR CALIBRATING AIRSPEED INSTALLATIONS ON AIRPLANES AT TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC SPEEDS IN VERTICAL-PLANE MANEUVERS IN WHICH USE IS MADE OF MEASUREMENTS OF NORMAL AND LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATIONS AND ATTITUDE ANGLE. The method involves starting or ending a calibration run near level flight at a speed for which the airspeed calibration is known and hence for which the free-stream static pressure may be determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1950
Accession Number
ADA380650

Entities

People

  • John A. Zalovcik

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Accuracy
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Calibration
  • Free Stream
  • Level Flight
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Sea Level
  • Static Pressure
  • Topographic Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow