Questions tagged [temperature]

The intensity of heat found in an object or living thing.

The intensity of heat found in an object or living thing. The three most popular scales to measure temperature units are:

  • Centigrade/Celsius
  • Fahrenheit
  • Kelvin
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What is the average temperature in the luggage hold of a passenger plane?

I am asking this seemingly odd question, as we'll have to transport some medicine in our luggage and it's supposed to be stored at temperatures between -8C and +2C. I'm not sure, if airport security will allow this to pass if this is in a cooling…
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Temperature of airplane while flying?

When the air-plane reaches to the altitude of about 12,000 m or so, the airplane's outside cover is very cold due to the air temperature or very hot due to the friction? Or it depends on different parts of the airplane?
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Air pressure in cold air vs warm air

I’m a little confused here . Studying for ppl exam it is stated that cold air is at higher pressure than warm air rising up, so the flow is from cold to warm. But then again , when flying from warm air to colder air , the pressure in the warmer air…
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How to compute the change in static temperature using only altitude?

I'm given an initial altitude of FL290 in ISA conditions, and the aircaft is said to climb to reach FL310. How can I use this to calculate the change in static temperature between the two flight levels? I know that the formal term is the lapse rate…
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What's the formula to calculate static air temperature?

What's the formula to calculate external temperature (static temperature) of an aircraft, given that I have Mach, TAS and altitude? Since I don't know the formula, I tried to search on Google. But I found that I need total air temperature, which…