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Fighting the AOA War I'm consistently amazed that the amount discussion and, frankly, push-back on the necessity to embrace AOA in...

In December 2024 the FAA released a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) recommending the use of angle of attack (AOA) in...

TLAR At Oshkosh last summer, I had the pleasure to meet Jeff Brown, creator of an iPhone app called "TLAR," which is USAF slang for "that...

Some of the team (Vac, Lenny, Tron and Terry) had the pleasure of basking in Wisconsin sunshine for AirVenture 2023. The weather was...

Auto Cal 101 Our flight test and code revisions have focused on the (mostly) automatic calibration capability we cleverly call the “auto...

I’ve been derelict in my duty posting project updates. The crux of our work has been two-fold since spring: first, developing and...

No plan withstands first contact with the enemy, and so it was with our first attempt to modify an inexpensive pilot/static sensor to add...

Automatic Calibration Accuracy Anyone that has taken the time to watch some of the video from the test flight on 10 April 2022 will...

I'm going to lead off with our biggest achievement yet--achieving initial operating capability using automatic system calibration. It's...

It's been too long without an update, no excuse. In no particular order: Software Version 3.2.2j Our most current code is version 3.2.2j....

The FlyONSPEED team had the good fortune to participate in the 2021 EAA Founder's Innovation Prize Grand Championship, culminating over...

I've been way behind the power curve posting progress reports over the past several months, no excuse! So, in no particular order:...

Monty Python fans might recall the “Bring out your dead!” scene at the beginning of the “Quest for the Holy Grail.” Turns out “not quite...

With Dr. Rogers' technique for deriving angle of attack from coefficient of pressure data, conventional flight test techniques are...

So, the (Wild) Weasels had a great patch that had a wonderfully descriptive acronym for those moments when there just isn't enough...

Definition: inertia is the force that keeps my butt connected to the couch when my wife points out that I need to cut the grass. This...

Vern Little, who developed our energy display told me we've got three options with hardware: "good, fast, cheap. Pick two." We went...

Measuring Error, the Burger King Approach Since I'm mostly one deep in the data analysis department, I'm always looking for a way to make...

OWS is an abbreviation for Overload Warning System. An overload is an "over G" condition. Just as the ONSPEED aural AOA logic is...

Why Do I Care About Performance under G? Great question! I want a system that will work well right up to aircraft limits and beyond. I...