Dean_Dolph
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- Nov 16, 2003
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- Katy, TX.
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- None but enough kits in the garage to keep me busy the rest of my life!
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Okay, I didn't know what forum to place this in but decided that 'flight testing' was as good a place as any and better then most!
Others have posted about using a GPS to determine true aispeed and pitot errror and I happened to come across an article (way behind on my reading!) in the 8/09 issue of Kit Planes about this subject. The article provided links to the National Test Pilot School where there are downloads available under the 'Information' tab in the top menu.
The link to the NTPS web site is http://www.ntps.edu/ click on 'Information' and then on 'Downloads.
There are three downloads available; the 1st one is a Word document, the 2nd one is an Excel spreadsheet and the 3rd is a paper by the Aussie that created the spreadsheet.
According to the Kit planes article there are errors in the methods that most of us use to determine the true airspeed. I guess I won't comment on that because I ain't one of 'us' that use a method!
I hope someone will check this info out and comment on its usefulness.
Others have posted about using a GPS to determine true aispeed and pitot errror and I happened to come across an article (way behind on my reading!) in the 8/09 issue of Kit Planes about this subject. The article provided links to the National Test Pilot School where there are downloads available under the 'Information' tab in the top menu.
The link to the NTPS web site is http://www.ntps.edu/ click on 'Information' and then on 'Downloads.
There are three downloads available; the 1st one is a Word document, the 2nd one is an Excel spreadsheet and the 3rd is a paper by the Aussie that created the spreadsheet.
According to the Kit planes article there are errors in the methods that most of us use to determine the true airspeed. I guess I won't comment on that because I ain't one of 'us' that use a method!
I hope someone will check this info out and comment on its usefulness.