# \#air-data-computer
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## [Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer—Part 5: Final Repairs and…It Works!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-5-final-repairs-and-it-works/4227)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 January 2024 14:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-5-final-repairs-and-it-works/4227 "2024-01-18T14:43:53Z")
The Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer (see Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 for details) used air data sensor input to the gears and cams of the mechanical computer that calculated altitude, air speed, Mach number,…
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## [Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer—Part 4: Magnetic Amplifier Servomechanisms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-4-magnetic-amplifier-servomechanisms/3554)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [4 August 2023 12:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-4-magnetic-amplifier-servomechanisms/3554 "2023-08-04T12:44:43Z")
The Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer (see Parts 1, 2, and 3 for details) needed to convert the air temperature measured at the static air data probe to a rotation in order to use it as an input to the …
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## [Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer—Part 2: How It Works](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-2-how-it-works/3084)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 April 2023 14:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-part-2-how-it-works/3084 "2023-04-23T14:09:20Z")
In Part 1 on 2023-02-04, the restoration team, with the aid of a propane torch, got inside the 1950s vintage Bendix Central Air Data Computer (CADC) and marveled at the 46 synchros, 511 gears, and 820 ball…
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## [Bendix MG-1 Central Air Data Computer—Opening and First Look](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-opening-and-first-look/2699)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [5 February 2023 16:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bendix-mg-1-central-air-data-computer-opening-and-first-look/2699 "2023-02-05T16:10:45Z")
The Bendix Central Air Data Computer (CADC) was introduced in 1955 and used in fighter aircraft of the era. It took raw air pressure (static and pitot) and temperature and performed the complex calculation…