The true airspeed (TAS; also KTAS, for knots true airspeed) of an aircraft is the speed of the aircraft relative to the air mass through which it is flying...
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difficult to measure the exact airspeed of the aircraft (true airspeed), but other measures of airspeed, such as indicated airspeed and Mach number give useful...
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The airspeed indicator (ASI) or airspeed gauge is a flight instrument indicating the airspeed of an aircraft in kilometres per hour (km/h), knots (kn...
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indicated airspeed in knots is typically abbreviated KIAS for "Knots-Indicated Air Speed" (vs. KCAS for calibrated airspeed and KTAS for true airspeed). The...
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(15 °C, 1013 hPa, 0% humidity) calibrated airspeed is the same as equivalent airspeed (EAS) and true airspeed (TAS). If there is no wind it is also the...
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at the true airspeed (TAS) and altitude at which the aircraft is flying. In low-speed flight, it is the speed which would be shown by an airspeed indicator...
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altitude increases, its true airspeed is progressively greater than its indicated airspeed. For example, the indicated airspeed at which an aircraft stalls...
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measurements of airspeed: TAS is "knots true airspeed", the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air KIAS is "knots indicated airspeed", the speed...
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at the true airspeed at altitude Indicated airspeed (IAS), the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft True airspeed (TAS),...
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Mach number (category Airspeed)
high-altitude aerospace vehicles use flight Mach number to express a vehicle's true airspeed, but the flow field around a vehicle varies in three dimensions, with...
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aligned with the air temperature and the pressure altitude, allowing the true airspeed (TAS) to be read at the needle. In addition, computer programs emulating...
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aircraft ground speed rather than airspeed. Ground speed can be determined by the vector sum of the aircraft's true airspeed and the current wind speed and...
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aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity called Mach number....
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Pitot–static system (section Airspeed indicator)
instruments that is most often used in aviation to determine an aircraft's airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend. A pitot–static system generally...
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referencing one's indicated airspeed fed by the pressure from a pitot tube. This measurement is converted to an equivalent airspeed based upon known atmospheric...
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boom Altimeter Annubar Calibrated airspeed Deicing Gyrocompass Kiel probe Piezometer Position error True airspeed Pitot, Henri (1732). "Description d'une...
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known as total air temperature, to help calculate the aircraft's true airspeed. True airspeed is needed for high altitude navigation, but is not so important...
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motion of the aircraft through the airmass. It is described by true airspeed and true heading. The wind vector represents the motion of the airmass over...
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aircraft's airfoils, and the relation between its indicated airspeed (IAS) and its true airspeed (TAS), are also subject to air-density changes. Furthermore...
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low indicated airspeed which can be sustained: although the true airspeed at an altitude is typically greater than indicated airspeed (IAS), the difference...
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order to enable the computation of static air temperature and hence true airspeed. The relationship between static and total air temperatures is given...
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{m}}_{air}(V_{j}-V)} The speed of the jet V j {\displaystyle V_{j}\;} must exceed the true airspeed of the aircraft V {\displaystyle V\;} if there is to be a net forward...
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indicators. The formula for calculating the angle of bank for a specific true airspeed (TAS) in SI units (or other coherent system) is: ϕ = arctan v t 2...
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Flight instruments (section Airspeed indicator)
pressure. The indicated airspeed (IAS) must be corrected for nonstandard pressure and temperature in order to obtain the true airspeed (TAS). The instrument...
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(240 mph, 210 kn) at 9000 ft, true airspeed Cruise speed: 365 km/h (227 mph, 197 kn) at 75% power, 9000 ft, true airspeed Stall speed: 78 km/h (48 mph...
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Va is the freestream fluid velocity in m/s, typically the true airspeed of the aircraft or the water speed of the vessel n is the rotational speed of...
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the power output from an aircraft's engine and also requires a higher true airspeed before the aircraft can become airborne. Aviators gauge air density...
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able to provide a Mach number and, if static temperature is known, true airspeed.[citation needed] Some authors in the field of compressible flows use...
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test flights, the BV-347 demonstrated a transmission-limited maximum true airspeed of 177 knots (204 mph; 328 km/h), excellent stability and flight characteristics...
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X-22's successor, the Bell XV-15. Another program requirement was a true airspeed in level flight of at least 525 km/h (326 mph; 283 knots). The X-22...
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