Trailing cone
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trailing-cone-282-5005377
title:
Trailing cone
text:
Trailing cones, were first developed and tested in the 1950s and 1960s as a simple means of calibrating the static pressure error of an aircraft's pitot-static system. It does this by giving an accurate measurement of the ambient atmospheric pressure well clear of the aircraft's fuselage. The trailing cone system trails at least one fuselage length behind the aircraft via a high-strength pressure tube. Static pressure is measured forward of the cone by several static ports. The cone stabilizes a
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Aviation calibration tool
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_cone
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date modified:
2023-11-08T18:07:36Z
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