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Old 4th Oct 2010, 20:05
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CabinMaster
 
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First, I was wrong on the sea level compressibility effect on IAS/CAS, "rivet gun" is right.
For CAS/IAS (I am putting these together as modern airliners usually have no mean to see the difference between them thanks to AD-computer) measurement is affected by by compressibility at Mach numbers above M0.7.

Here you find a formula for EAS-CAS conversion (scroll to bottom):
Equivalent airspeed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When you insert a pressure ratio of "1" (Sea Level) the conversion factor becomes "1". As I wrote the formula in that article (I didn't develop it, I just spread the word), I am a bit sorry for my previous post.

Last edited by CabinMaster; 5th Oct 2010 at 08:36. Reason: changed density ratio to pressure ratio
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