European Facility For Airborne Research April 18, 2024, 08:57
| Name | MetAir Multi-parameter turbulence Z-probe |
| Acronym | MetAir-ZHAW |
| Manufacturer | ZHAW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| Manufacturer website | http://www.imes.zhaw.ch/en/engineering/imes/projekte/leichtbautechnik/umars/zprobe.html |
| Operated by | METAIR |
| Operated onboard |
| Name | Incident flow vector probe |
| Acronym | Incident flow vector probe |
| Measured parameter | Airspeed; Incidence angle; Turbulence |
| Operating principle | 5/9-hole probe or radome used to define aircraft-relative wind at high frequency. Pressure Measurement and pressure gauges are described above in "pressure" measurement type |
| Measurement(s) | Wind & Fluxes |
| External dimension | diameter 8 cm; length 20 cm or longer (user-specified) |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Operating mode | In situ |
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| Modifications | own development |
| Operational restriction | no heavy rain, aircraft slower than 100 m/s |
| Operational requirements | The unit can be flown absolutely autonomous including power by battery and data logging (because it was developed for medium-sized UAV). However, it can also be integrated in another aircraft system. |
| Certification approvals | no, it's experimental, for use on UMARS and DIMO. However, the design was made to allow certification. |
| Additional information | Can replace older "BAT probes", having the advantage that it is smaller, more accurate, and includes high-quality humidity and a low-cost IMU (sufficient for slow UAV; should be backed-up by a larger IMU for aircraft). |
| Access | on request to info@metair.ch |
| Could also fit on any aircraft having the following characteristics | |
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