VC
This parameter represents a measure of airspeed known as
calibrated airspeed. This is the airspeed typically displayed in an
airplane cockpit. This is the airspeed measured at altitude from the
difference between total pressure and
static pressure calibrated to sea level static
pressure ().
The following method is used by this program to calculate the calibrated airspeed:
Where is the ratio
of specific heats for air (=1.4),
is the speed of sound at sea level and
is the static pressure at sea
level.
Modified: October 13, 2003