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The Development of the “Radio Altimeter–Trailing Static” Method of Measuring Aircraft Static Pressure Errors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

John D. McDaniel
John D. McDaniel*
Affiliation:
Flight Research and Development Department, A. V. Roe and Co. Ltd
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Summary

During the flight development of a high altitude bomber some difficulty was encountered in the measurement of static pressure error, due, in the main, to the relatively high ceiling and Mach number limits of the aircraft.

There was found to be a need for a method that was self-contained within the test aircraft, allowing a complete flexibility of test conditions. This report describes the method evolved which requires the use of ai radio altimeter and a low speed trailing static head.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 627 , March 1963 , pp. 184 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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