"Sparky";
Years ago I was in a German glider club and our sailplanes had the piece of
yarn you mentioned mounted on the nose just in front of the canopy. It
worked just fine but an electronic sensor could easily detect a yaw of 1
degree or less.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Sparky [mailto:wmtsmith@landracing.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:06 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: RE: aero lift
Neil, one of the most senstive instruments one can have on an airplane is a
yaw string made from yarn taped to the windscreen
>
> From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
> Date: 2003/10/29 Wed PM 03:04:40 CST
> To: "'docb8532@aol.com'" <docb8532@aol.com>,
> "'land-speed@autox.team.net'" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: aero lift
>
> Oops, I forgot to delete that trailer..........
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albaugh, Neil
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:03 PM
> To: 'docb8532@aol.com'; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: aero lift
>
> Doc;
>
> Not a bad idea; you could use a sensitive differential pressure transducer
> to sense pressure on both sides of the nose to detect a subtle yaw
> condition. I think the transducer could detect a far lower static yaw
angle
> than a driver could. A car may feel like it's going straight when it
really
> isn't; as speed increases, it might go unstable and spin.
>
> Maybe an "angle of attack" vane could do the same thing if it was mounted
> vertically. Looks like there could be a zillion channels of data
recorded--
> this is getting out of hand. :)
>
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: docb8532@aol.com [mailto:docb8532@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:17 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: aero lift
>
> i've been following the discussions on finding a means of measuring lift
on
> a
> salt racer.
"Sparky"
Lakester 2211
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