Doug Garner! That's his name.
His AOA sensor was the soul of simplicity - and, IIRC, worked very well.
It was a fascinating project.

RST Engineering - JIm wrote:
That was "ElectrRO Fluidic Autopilot and my good friend Doug Garner from
NASA Langley wrote it. I haven't heard from him in some years, but he was
damn near 80 the last time I saw him at Oshkosh 20 years ago.

Jim




"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Ed wrote:

Some years back there was a complete discription of a thermistor based
system in Sport Aviation. You might contact the research department or
whatever they call it.
Might refer to "Electo Fluidic Autopilot" article.