For many years aircraft were equipped for research in wind and turbulence measurements. Very often the system installation consisted of sensors and recording hardware which was spread all over the aircraft. A modern system solution, where all components are integrated in an external pod for aircraft and helicopter applications is described. After a brief description of the principles for airborne wind measurements, advantages and disadvantages for different system solutions will be discussed. The presented pod solution includes a software and hardware concept, which allows to determine all three components of the wind vector in real time on-board the aircraft. Flight test results are presented, which demonstrate the achievable accuracies for the horizontal and especially the vertical wind component. This includes the effects of dynamic aircraft maneuvers. Finally an outlook is given, what kind of precision can be achieved in the future, when satellite navigation systems will be available on a 24 hour basis.


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    Title :

    Systems for Airborne Wind and Turbulence Measurement


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    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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