The measurement of air speed of airplanes / by F.L. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Thompson, F. L., author.

Contributor:

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, issuing body.

Series:

Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 616.

Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 616

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Speed.

Airplanes.

Air speed--Measurement.

Air speed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages, 8 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, [D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1937.

Summary:

Various methods of measuring the air speed of airplanes are described. Particular emphasis is placed on the procedure required to obtain precise measurements of speed by the use of the suspended pitot-static head or the suspended static head. Typical calibration curves for service installations of pitot-static heads are shown and the relation between errors in air speed and corresponding errors in observed altitude for such installations is discussed. There is included a brief discussion of various speed-course methods of measuring speed.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 18, 2020).

'October 1937."

"Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory."

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Includes bibliographical references (page 16).

Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas, 2011. Electronic reproduction from print master produced by University of North Texas.

Other Format:

Print version: Thompson, F. L. The Measurement of air speed of airplanes

OCLC:

1159597627