Low profile air data system architecture
AssigneeRosemount Aerospace Inc.
InventorsJaime Sly, Brian Brent Naslund
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Abstract
A system and method for an aircraft includes a low profile pneumatic sensing system and an acoustic sensing system. The low profile pneumatic sensing system includes a pneumatic sensor positioned to sense first sensed data of an airflow about an exterior of the aircraft and does not extend beyond a boundary layer of the aircraft. The first sensed data is used to determine first air data parameters. The acoustic sensing system is configured to emit acoustic signals about the exterior of the aircraft and sense the acoustic signals as second sensed data. The second sensed data is used to determine second air data parameters.
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A system for an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a low profile pneumatic sensing system comprising:
- a first pneumatic sensor positioned to sense first sensed data of an airflow about an exterior of the aircraft, wherein the first pneumatic sensor does not extend beyond a boundary layer of the aircraft, and wherein the first sensed data is used to determine first air data parameters;
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- an acoustic sensing system configured to emit acoustic signals about the exterior of the aircraft and sense the acoustic signals as second sensed data, wherein the second sensed data is used to determine second air data parameters.
A method comprising:
- sensing, by a low profile pneumatic sensing system of a aircraft, first sensed data, wherein a first pneumatic sensor of the low profile pneumatic sensing system is positioned within an airflow about an exterior of the aircraft and does not extend beyond a boundary layer of the aircraft;
- determining first air data parameters based on the first sensed data;
- sensing, by an acoustic sensing system, acoustic signals as second sensed data, wherein the acoustic sensing system is configured to emit the acoustic signals about the exterior of the aircraft;
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- determining second air data parameters based on the second sensed data.
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