Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #45255
From: Michael Newman <mnewman@dragonnorth.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Computing TAS from GPS tracks
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:13:53 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
I've been doing some homework on how to calibrate airspeed indications and get the TAS of a plane. Given 3 GPS tracks taken at the same airspeed you can compute a complete solution for the heading on each track and the TAS.
 
Folks might be interested in my spreadsheet which contains real data from my plane at low altitude. I will gather some more data over time.
 
You can find my spreadsheet via my Soaring and Flying page at: http://www.dragonnorth.com/soaring.html scroll down a bit there is discussion a link to a reference document and a link to the spreadsheet itself.
 
My true airspeed as computed from my airspeed indicator is about 14 knots faster that the measured result.
 

Michael Newman

Dragonnorth Group

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