Air data sensors include Static ports, pitot tubes, AOA indicators and many more. Typically the Air-Data sensors can calculate indicated airspeed, altitude, sideslip, and AOA. Air data sensors can be sampled at a rate of 50 Hz. If you only rely on air data sensors for your attitude calculations, you may encounter errors in readings when you pass through the wake of another aircraft.
Angle of Attack Sensors
[[Kiel Pitot Tube]]
[[Laser Doppler Anemometry]]
X-29 Air Data Sensors
[[F-16 Air Data Selection]]
[[YF-16 Air Data Selection]]
[[Kinematic Consistency]] – formal method to check the quality of air data sensors
[[Fly-By-Wire lightning Protection]] – air data sensors on a probe have a high risk of lightning strikes
EAP FCS – augmented air data sensors with inertial filtering.
[[X-38 Flight Control System Design]] – used flush air data sensors
[[XQ-67A]] – test aircraft has 2 probes in the nose
[[Aero BP 1.3]] – air data sensors must have sufficient measurement capability and linearity
[[BP4.19]] – model partial and total losses of air data
[[X-43 Flight Control System]] – used a flush air data sensor
F-18 OFP v10.5.1
[[F-18 Longitudinal Auto Flap Up]] – use air data for the longitudinal feel system
[[Superaugmented Disturbance Sensitivities]] – depends on if air data sensors are used or inertial approximations are used
[[F-35 Air Data Probes]] – uses 2 dogleg probes and 2 flush static ports
Sources
- Andreas, “Challenging the Pitot tube: Optical air data,” Engineering Pilot. Accessed: Jan. 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.engineeringpilot.com/post/challenging-the-pitot-tube-optical-air-data
- “CAA Paper 2009/02The Aerodynamics of Gyroplanes”.
- RTO-TR-029
- “X-38 Application of Dynamic Inversion Flight Control.pdf.” Accessed: Dec. 01, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100033140/downloads/20100033140.pdf