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where:
= density at altitude
= / density ratio

Problems:
1. An airplane is flying at sea level (std air density) at 100 mph. What is the difference
between impact and static pressure? (b) The airplane is flying at 100 mph at 10,000 ft
altitude, where the air density is 0.001756 slug/ft3 . What is the difference between impact
and static pressure? (c) What will the airspeed indicator read when the airspeed is 100
mph at 10,000 ft altitude?

2. An airplane is flying at sea level at an airspeed of 160 kts. What is the difference
between impact and static pressure?

3. An airplane is flying at 10,000 ft altitude. The difference between impact and static
pressure is 0.25 lb/in 2. What is the airspeed in kts?

4. The altimeter on a lowspeed Cessna 150 private aircraft reads 5,000 ft. By an
independent measurement, the outside air temperature is 505 R. IF a pitot tube mounted
on the wing tip measures a pressure of 1818 lb/ft2 , what is the true velocity of the airplane?
What is the equivalent airspeed?

(b.) For compressible flow, = constant ( V > 100 mps or M > 0.3 approx)

2
V P
-------- + ----------- ------------- = constant
2 -1

2 2
V1 P1 V2 P2
--------___ + --------- ----------- = ------- + ----------- ---------
2 -1 2 -1 2

-1
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2
2Va P2
V22 = V 12 + -------------- 1 - ---------
-1 P1
or:
-1
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2 Pt - P
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