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Re: FW: Pitot-Static Head - excuse to go flying

Subject: Re: FW: Pitot-Static Head - excuse to go flying
From: Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:35:22
Does it change much with cabin vent settings?  May need a
compass-style, "calibration card" - next to the ASI - for various vent
settings? :-}

Regards,
Fred F.

"Tony S. Krzyzewski" wrote:
> ... 
> It may be of interest to note that, having now completed the first batch
> of flight tests on ZK-RJL, the owner has advised me that he has
> disconnected the wing static and is using cabin pressure as his static.
> His ASI now tracks speed correctly right through the entire operational
> range to within a couple of knots whereas he was seeing a larger
> variance with the under wing static.


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