Click here to make tpub.com your Home Page

Page Title: Airspeed Indicator
Back | Up | Next

Click here for thousands of PDF manuals

Google


Web
www.tpub.com

Home

   
Information Categories
.... Administration
Advancement
Aerographer
Automotive
Aviation
Construction
Diving
Draftsman
Engineering
Electronics
Food and Cooking
Logistics
Math
Medical
Music
Nuclear Fundamentals
Photography
Religion
   
   

 



CHAPTER ONE
T-34C INSTRUMENTS
5.
Airspeed Indicator
a.
Under standard atmospheric conditions at sea level, the airspeed indicator (Figure 15)
shows the speed at which the airplane is moving through the surrounding air mass. The
pointer is activated by the difference in pressure between static air pressure and the
impact air pressure from the pitot tube. The face of the instrument is calibrated in
knots. The airspeed indicator provides a continuous indication by which you can
maintain flight within safe minimum and maximum airspeed limits for various
performance conditions. Refer to NATOPS for additional information.
b.
Use and Limitations. The airspeed indicator is the nose attitude crosscheck
instrument in all climbs and descents and a performance instrument in level flight. It
will give you an indirect indication of nose attitude with a constant power setting. For
any particular power setting, there is only one nose attitude that will hold altitude and
airspeed constant for any momentary weight. The airspeed is controlled by power
during level flight and by nose attitude during a climb or descent. Since the airspeed
indicator is a pitotstatic instrument, there is a slight lag (23 knots) when
accelerating or decelerating. Realize also that the airspeed indicator lags behind nose
movement in climbs and descents, so when correcting for airspeed in a climb or
descent, reference the gyro for miniature aircraft nose movement and allow sufficient
time for the airspeed to react prior to initiating another nose attitude correction.
Figure 15 Airspeed Indicator
1-8 INTRODUCTION TO BASIC INSTRUMENTS


Privacy Statement - Press Release - Copyright Information. - Contact Us

Integrated Publishing, Inc. - A (SDVOSB) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business