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    An air data computer (ADC) or central air data computer (CADC) computes altitude, vertical speed, air speed, and Mach number from pressure and temperature...
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    The F-14's Central Air Data Computer, also abbreviated as CADC, computes altitude, vertical speed, air speed, and mach number from sensor inputs such...
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    vulnerability, so air-gapped computers have their wireless interface controller either permanently disabled or physically removed. To move data between the...
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    A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a...
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    It measures airspeed, altitude, vertical speed, and outside air temperature. This data is then provided to all the displays and integrated avionics units...
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    instruments. Other instruments that might be connected are air data computers, flight data recorders, altitude encoders, cabin pressurization controllers...
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    Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data...
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    An air data boom provides air pressure, temperature, and airflow direction data to data acquisition systems for the computation of air, ground, and water...
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  • The gun data computer was a series of artillery computers used by the U.S. Army for coastal artillery, field artillery and anti-aircraft artillery applications...
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    on the PFD, and by comparing it with the actual altitude (from the air data computer) generates an altitude error display. This same altitude selection...
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    A data center is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such...
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    replaced by electronic attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS) and air data computers (ADCs), improving reliability and reducing cost and maintenance. GPS...
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    True airspeed (redirect from True air speed)
    contain an air data computer with inputs of impact pressure, static pressure and total air temperature. In order to compute TAS, the air data computer must...
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    Recovery Parachute Flight Deployment Tests". 2021 International Symposium on Computer Science and Intelligent Controls. IEEE. pp. 24–27. doi:10.1109/ISCSIC54682...
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  • synthetic air data system (SADS) is an alternative air data system that can produce synthetic air data quantities without directly measuring the air data. It...
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    radar, head-up display, inertial navigation system, air data computer and dual central computers all integrated via dual-redundant MIL-STD-1553B databus...
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  • different systems, such as flight management computers, inertial reference systems, air data computers, radar altimeters, radios, and GPS sensors. For...
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    mechanical box was able to record all required data during test flights of fighter aircraft that the Finnish Air Force repaired or built in its main aviation...
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    and navigate the aircraft. The investigation determined that the air data computers were unable to show correct airspeed and altitude on cockpit displays...
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  • total air temperature is higher than the static (or ambient) air temperature. Total air temperature is an essential input to an air data computer in order...
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    FAA-approved supplemental type certificate for integrating a replacement air data computer into the popular Eclipse 500 light business jet. Since 2020 the U...
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  • Environment (SAGE) was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to...
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    engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) is a system consisting of a digital computer, called an "electronic engine controller" (EEC) or "engine control unit"...
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    computational device, such as the flight control computer or an information providing device, such as the Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU). Electronic...
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  • An air data inertial reference unit (ADIRU) is a key component of the integrated air data inertial reference system (ADIRS), which supplies air data (airspeed...
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    the Honeywell LaseRefV inertial navigation systems uses GPS and air data computer outputs to maintain required navigation performance. The navigation...
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    (help) Davies, H.; Kirk, F. N. (June 1942). "A Résumé of Aerodynamic Data on Air Brakes" (PDF) (Technical Report). Ministry of Supply. Stephenson, Jack...
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    Aircraft (redirect from Air craft)
    aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or the dynamic...
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    in their computers and electronics. These have three or four flight-control computers operating in parallel and three or four separate data buses connecting...
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    (CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices such as a...
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