“Acoustic methods have been used for detecting blockages in pipes and even the ears of newborn babies for many years. The study, published in Journal of Aircraft, set out to discover if similar methods could be used for real aircraft Pitot tubes”

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Air data measurement using do-it-yourself material has been the obsession of Basic Air Data Project since the very beginning.  How to simplify a well-proven design to be useful for makers? Seven years ago we released to the internet a straightforward design for a pitot-static tube, along the time we also published fixation flanges, ADCs, and accessories.

Over the years some design failed miserably, others worked lovely. Different probes variants have been manufactured and customized by students and makers around the globe; that make us proud and strong.

Thank you to all our contributors and users!

We’ve posted a getting started guide for GPS Logger. We’ve exceeded the 67 K installations!

From the Guinness World record website a new RC speed record.

“Blink and you’ll miss it. German airplane pilot Niels Herbrich has officially broken the record for the Fastest remote-controlled jet-powered model aircraft (RC), after his handiwork achieved an incredible speed of 749.221 km/h (465.544 mph).”

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Basic Air Data custom App to interface with the air data computer is out on Google Play store.

We’ve reviewed the assembly instructions for the air data computer Asgard and added a time-lapse video.

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Air Data Bridge is a new software to use the Air Data Computer with Android. Although it is under development, we’ve already reached a minimum functionality. The development release is available on Air Data Bridge Github repo. We will publish the app on Google play store as soon as possible.