I didn't see the Electronics Now project but I've seen this done using a
small pilot bulb with the glass broken off as the sensing element. This
wouldn't use too much current from a Ni-Cad pack.



At 07:18 PM 5/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> have pitot tubes alright, but I'm looking for small ones in the 2-3"
>> long range.  I would like to mount it to a model airplane to determine
>>
>> Does anybody have an alternative idea?
>> -----------
>> When I was young, I resolved these trouble through heating a NiCr wire
>> and measuring how the wire was not so hot when in air flow compared to
>> a static heated wire. In fact, some anemometers work this way..
>>
>Electronics Now had a 'hot wire' anemometer project last year. I
>think these would draw to much current for Andy's
>application(small ni-cad battery pack).
>
>