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An oscillatory method for the flight calibration of sideslip and incidence sensors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. R. A. Burns
B. R. A. Burns*
Affiliation:
British Aircraft Corporation Limited, Military Aircraft Division
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Extract

The local flow angles measured by incidence and sideslip probes mounted on aircraft differ in general from the free stream or ‘true’ values due to the flow field of the aircraft and of the sensors themselves.

This note describes a method of determining the correction factors by means of measurements made in oscillatory motion. The longitudinal short period mode is used for incidence calibration, the dutch roll for sideslip.

Type
Technical notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 77 , Issue 754 , October 1973 , pp. 506 - 511
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1973 

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