On 11/02/2011 03:20 PM, Tony Renshaw wrote:
> I am fantasizing about the possibility of preserving reliable pitot
> static for my aircraft, in cloud.
I found that cockpit static is surprisingly close to correct neutral
static. Of course it depends a bit on leak rate of the doors and other
variables, but it ought to be enough to keep you out of trouble.
I have two pitots, the original Europa supplied one connected to the
conventional ASI, the other one on Mark Burton's SmartASS Talking
Airspeed Indicator.
For one of the pitots I provided the wiring necessary to add pitot heat.
My plan is to get some resistant wiring, wrap it around the pitot, and
seal it off with heat shrink tube.
Heated pitots are ridiculously expensive and it is my intent to stay out
of icing at all costs. I'm not IFR-rated and the majority of my flying
is during the warm season with freezing levels way above the oxygen limit.
> So, if I had a heated pitot on an appropriate boom I seem to recall
I have the feeling that prop wash is likely to hit that area.
Frans
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