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Showing posts with label aerospace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aerospace. Show all posts

Reverse-engineering the mechanical Bendix Central Air Data Computer

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How did fighter planes in the 1950s perform calculations before compact digital computers were available? The Bendix Central Air Data ...
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Reverse-engineering an electromechanical Central Air Data Computer

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Determining the airspeed and altitude of a fighter plane is harder than you'd expect. At slower speeds, pressure measurements can...
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Reverse-engineering an airspeed/Mach indicator from 1977

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How does a vintage airspeed indicator work? CuriousMarc picked one up for a project, but it didn't have any documentation, so I revers...
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