Double07, You mention
the Rosemount 0861FL AoA sensor
in your post and so one would assume specific/realistic scenarios. On a much earlier post in R&N, there was a link to a basic design which had a <20V AC reference voltage in and (variable) magnetically coupled windings that were centred on zero. What it did say was there was an accurate signal up to ~35 degress, but this got less accurate at ~45. I think this was the limit of the output - wherever the physical rotation stopped.
Oil damping of such a mechanism could I suppose be total, the windings submerged. I'd like to know.
Apropos the F16. I defy any true lover of aviation to stop reading this maiden flight. Sphincter-cringing.
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