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. 2014 Dec 6;11(101):20140645. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0645

Table 2.

Specifications of the sensors used in this study. Noise characteristics are given according to the manufacturers' specifications, except for the pitot tube, which we characterized ourselves in a low-turbulence wind tunnel.

sensor sampling rate (Hz) units resolution noise noise characteristic
accelerometers 50 ms2 2.4 × 103 3.9 × 103Inline graphic spectral density (at 10 Hz)
rate gyros 50 °s1 6.1 × 102 5.0 × 103Inline graphic spectral density (at 10 Hz)
pitot tube 10 kPa 5.8 × 103 <7.9% RMS full bandwidth (at 0.03 kPa)
anemometer 10 ms1 1.0 × 103 <1.5% RMS full bandwidth (at 12 ms−1)