All Weather Wind Gust Pod

Full Name:

Short Name:

TASX

HAIS Instrument:

TABS

Description

Model:

N/A

Measurements Provided:

Position, Aircraft Attitude, Ground Speed, AKRD, SSRD, TASX

General Description:

Stand alone pod system anti-iced to be able to measure 3-D wind in all conditions. The instrument, which mounts in a PMS-style canister, combines an 858 gust pod tip (used to provide sources for differential and static pressure measurements) with a CMIGITS inertial reference unit. The instrument can be installed on either the GV or C-130.
The following photographs show two views of the instrument:

Contacts

Lead Contact:

Lou Lussier

Status/Plans

Current Location:

Calibration Lab

Operational Status:

requestable, ready for deployment

Problems - Documentation:

Documentation is needed for this recently developed capability. It should describe advantages and disadvantages vs the radome system.

Data

Deployments:

SOCRATES

ORCAS

PREDICT

DEEPWAVE

Lifecycle

Date Acquired:

May, 2009

Serial Numbers

Property Tag and/or Serial Number:

Not Available