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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Vincent Louis, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Daniel Bryan Robertson, Southlake, TX (US);
Matthew Edward Louis, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/165 (2006.01); G01F 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/165 (2013.01); G01F 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pitot-static array system for a tail-sitting aircraft has a disk with a plurality of edge ports arrayed about an edge of the disk. Each of a plurality of pressure transducers is configured to measure air pressure at one of the edge ports. The edge ports are arrayed about an axis parallel to a pitch axis of the aircraft.