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Air speed and attitude probeAn air speed and attitude probe characterized by a pivot shaft normally projected from a data boom and supported thereby for rotation about an axis of rotation coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shaft is described. The probe is a tubular body supported for angular displacement about the axis of rotation and has a fin mounted on the body for maintaining one end of the body in facing relation with relative wind and has a pair of transducers mounted in the body for providing intelligence indicative of total pressure and static pressure for use in determining air speed. A stack of potentiometers coupled with the shaft to provide intelligence indicative of aircraft attitude, and circuitry connecting the transducers and potentiometers to suitable telemetry circuits are described.
Document ID
19800009772
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Baker, G. J.
(NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Economu, M. A.
(NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
January 15, 1980
Subject Category
Aircraft Instrumentation
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-910708
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,184,149
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-FRC-11009-1
Accession Number
80N18036
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,184,149|NASA-CASE-FRC-11009-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-910708
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