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A true air speed sensor for miniature unmanned aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. A. C. Beattie
J. A. C. Beattie*
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
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Summary

This Memorandum describes the development of a laboratory prototype true air speed sensor for use on unmanned aircraft. The sensor works on vortex shedding principles and has a digital output. The vortices are sensed by thick film thermistor elements that are non-critical in the signal circuitry.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 87 , Issue 865 , May 1983 , pp. 173 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1983 

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