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Old 8th Jun 2009, 10:57
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Measuring airspeed through the GPS could be another alternative although it's accuracy at such high speeds has not been validated, AFAIK. Another alternative is to put a small propeller in the windstream and get the airspeed through the propellers rotation. Not very accurate as the windspeed could mess it up, but better than nothing.
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