Re:Brit Watchkeeper drone crashed because blocked sensor mad...
by lazulicurio on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:54AM
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Disclaimer: not an aeronautics expert.
The problem is that airspeed and velocity are not the same thing. Even with an inertial system where you could get the "forward" velocity of the plane, that's not guaranteed to be the airspeed. It has to do with the angle-of-attack and fluid dynamics around the plane.
The problem is that airspeed and velocity are not the same thing. Even with an inertial system where you could get the "forward" velocity of the plane, that's not guaranteed to be the airspeed. It has to do with the angle-of-attack and fluid dynamics around the plane.