altitude, and altitude trend. A pitot–static system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitot–static instruments. Other instruments...
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trend. A pitot-static system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitot-static instruments. Errors in pitot-static system readings...
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Position error (section Pitot system)
the tower trailing bob with both Pitot and static sources Airspeed Altitude Global Positioning System Pitot-static system Reduced vertical separation minima...
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Flight instruments (section Pitot-static systems)
grouped according to pitot-static system, compass systems, and gyroscopic instruments.: 3–1 Instruments which are pitot-static systems use air pressure differences...
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airspeed gauge connected to a pitot-static system. Calibrated airspeed (CAS), indicated airspeed adjusted for pitot system position and installation error...
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Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend data from an aircraft's pitot-static system. In some very high-speed aircraft such as the Space Shuttle, equivalent...
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because a maintenance worker had failed to remove tape covering the pitot-static system ports on the aircraft exterior prior to departure. The aircraft,...
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A Machmeter is an aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity...
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error of an aircraft's pitot-static system. It does this by giving an accurate measurement of the ambient atmospheric pressure (static pressure) well clear...
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airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed of an aircraft as measured by its pitot-static system and displayed by the airspeed indicator (ASI). This is the pilots'...
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Autopilot (redirect from Auto pilot system)
An autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace...
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of attack (AoA, alpha) angle of sideslip (AoS, beta) static pressure (Ps) total pressure (Pt, pitot pressure) outside air temperature (OAT) total air temperature...
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A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages...
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difference between total pressure (also known as pitot pressure or stagnation pressure) and static pressure. In aerodynamics notation, this quantity...
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management system Glass cockpit GPS Head-up display Heading indicator Horizontal situation indicator INS ISIS Multi-function display Pitot–static system Radar...
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speeds. At subsonic flight speeds, the conical inlet operates much like a pitot intake or subsonic diffuser. However, as the vehicle goes supersonic a conical...
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thunderstorm, unreliable instruments due to discrepancies in the pitot-static system, and lack of proper operational oversight by airline management....
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A missile approach warning system (MAW) is part of the avionics package on some military aircraft. A sensor detects attacking missiles. Its automatic warning...
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Flight control modes (redirect from Alpha protection system)
reference system, which, on the Airbus is linked to eight air data modules: three are linked to pitot tubes and five are linked to static sources. Information...
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Anemometer (redirect from Pitot tube static anemometer)
a pitot-static tube, which is a pitot tube with two ports, pitot and static, that is normally used in measuring the airspeed of aircraft. The pitot port...
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system (TCAS), pronounced /ˈtiːkæs/ TEE-kas), also known as an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS), is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed...
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Bleed air (redirect from Bleed Air System)
during descent and other low power setting operations. Bleed air from that system can be utilized for internal cooling of the engine, cross-starting another...
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management system Glass cockpit GPS Head-up display Heading indicator Horizontal situation indicator INS ISIS Multi-function display Pitot–static system Radar...
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portal List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft Pitot-static system Later the same year (1996), Aeroperú Flight 603, also operated with...
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Air France Flight 447 (category Flight control systems)
transmissions at 02:10 is one message that indicates a fault in the pitot-static system. Bruno Sinatti, president of Alter, Air France's third-biggest pilots'...
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ambient atmospheric pressure, a pilot may determine altitude (see pitot-static system). Near sea level, a change in ambient pressure of 1 millibar is taken...
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An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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Ejection seat (redirect from Canopy fracturing system)
In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency...
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along the fuselage length, then they are called "longerons". The longeron system also requires that the fuselage frames be closely spaced (about every 4...
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16-channel GPS receiver and an integrated low-power radio transceiver. Static obstacles are included in FLARM's database. No warning is given if an aircraft...
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