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Old December 7th 07, 04:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
gfoster07k
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Default Glider angle of attack indicator by SafeFlight

When dealing with AoA sensors it is very important to consider how it
is to be used. If it is intended to be a Go - NoGo stall warning
device, that is one thing. If it is intended to be used to measure
and be proportional to a range of AoA that is quite another. The
mounting becomes quite critical because the airflow may be such that 1
degree of AoA change does not translate into 1 degree of sensor
movement (in the case of a vane for example) . As a young flight
control engineer I learned this the hard way when an AoA vane mounted
near the nose of a test vehicle actually changed 5 degrees for every
degree of AoA change of the aircraft.

Greg