malaysian eaglet
27th Dec 2002, 11:46
On the french side of the JAR channel, the problem has been cleared since a long time. But I have still some difficulties with my english speaking colleagues because I have not yet succeed to get the good reference book, more some questions (feedback or school made ones) are confusing.
let me give my version:
RECTIFIED AIR SPEED (RAS) does not exist anymore officially. As everybody know this speed was not taking into account at all the compressibility effect . This speed was computed from simplified BERNOULLI equation
CALIBRATED AIRSPEED as defined by the JAR 1 is equal to True Air Speed (TAS) in standart at main sea level. It is also given the precision - in the same JAR 1- that Equivalent Air Speed (EAS) is also equal to TAS at sea level in standart. So if CAS = EAS it means that COMPRESSIBILITY is taken into account at sea level and in standard within CAS. If somebody is doubting about that point of view, AP3456 confirms this in its book 3 (Flight Instruments). Our Airspeed indicator must be calibrated using Saint Venant's equation (Subsonic Aircraft) or Lord Raleigh one's (Transonic/Supersonic aircraft). It means that compressibility effect is taken into account at sea level. This not only theory when Concorde begins its climb what is its CAS in the low layers of the atmosphere?
So RAS and CAS are different based on two different equations.
I must also underline that the JAR 25 states that an Air Speed Indicator MUST be calibrated in CAS and that all the stall reference for JAR 23 (general Aviation) are also expressed in CAS.
So, why some people are still talking about RAS and are confusing CAS and RAS?
;)
let me give my version:
RECTIFIED AIR SPEED (RAS) does not exist anymore officially. As everybody know this speed was not taking into account at all the compressibility effect . This speed was computed from simplified BERNOULLI equation
CALIBRATED AIRSPEED as defined by the JAR 1 is equal to True Air Speed (TAS) in standart at main sea level. It is also given the precision - in the same JAR 1- that Equivalent Air Speed (EAS) is also equal to TAS at sea level in standart. So if CAS = EAS it means that COMPRESSIBILITY is taken into account at sea level and in standard within CAS. If somebody is doubting about that point of view, AP3456 confirms this in its book 3 (Flight Instruments). Our Airspeed indicator must be calibrated using Saint Venant's equation (Subsonic Aircraft) or Lord Raleigh one's (Transonic/Supersonic aircraft). It means that compressibility effect is taken into account at sea level. This not only theory when Concorde begins its climb what is its CAS in the low layers of the atmosphere?
So RAS and CAS are different based on two different equations.
I must also underline that the JAR 25 states that an Air Speed Indicator MUST be calibrated in CAS and that all the stall reference for JAR 23 (general Aviation) are also expressed in CAS.
So, why some people are still talking about RAS and are confusing CAS and RAS?
;)