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There is one central location that is not subject to prop blast,
exactly: - that's the nose cone of the prop. Visualize a small hole set about an inch back from the front. Use a local pressure sensor chip and a wireless transmitter. The flow from off axis would module the air pressure slightly one cycle per revolution, with amplitude in proportion to AofA (maybe :-) Brian W rich wrote: Well of course, the best is to use an AOA vane, like the jets use. The biggest problem is where the jets conveniently mount it on the side of the fuselage, on most singles, that's right in the prop blast, rendering it useless. If you could find someplace to mount it outside of the prop blast, then it would work great. But finding that place...... |
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