Originally Posted by
oliveDrab
I've always wondered how flyer's figure out how fast their plane is going. With my electric prop planes I can use pitch of the prop and rpm's to get a rough idea of how fast it should go or how fast it is actually going. How do you figure that out with a jet? Do you have some type of radar? Or maybe an on-board data device?
Thanks
-oD
There's several iPhone apps that use the Doppler effect to measure speed. Do a search in the App Store and you'll find them. They say they're pretty accurate.