Design, construction and calibration of a multi-hole pitot-static system for the UAV-EESC-USP team aircraft

• Grant number: 07/03946-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamics
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Martini Catalano
• Grantee: Ricardo Maiko Uehoka Entz
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Project, construction, calibration and evaluation of a velocity and direction of an air flow measurement system using a multi hole Pitot-Static tube. The result of the calibration and evaluation will be a promptly-integrable-to-the-airplane-systems-data-processing software.