Harold & netters, I have literally flown over 100 different airplanes spanning about 15 different models throughout my flight training and then training others, and can recall only 3 different aircraft that came from the factory, or had been STC'd to have more than one static port. And well over half of those aircraft were certified for IFR flying. The IFR aircraft did have alternate static but that is another story. And none of these airplanes exhibited any kind of problem with only having one static port, except in a slip, and then the pitot tube is also going to be effected, so knowing this you make adjustments. Even with 2 static ports, your airspeed will be off due to only one pitot tube, so since this is a small amount of your flying time, I personally would not go to the trouble to install a second static port unless it was going to be alternate static inside the plane, and then only because I was planning on doing alot of winter time flying. Of course without a heated pitot tube you might be spitting in the wind for what the alternate static would accomplish. Locating in the area where it "sees" static air regardless of angle of attack will probably be more valuable then having 2.
Is my coffee ready yet? Colin & Bev Rainey KR2(td) N96TA Sanford, FL crain...@cfl.rr.com or crbrn9...@hotmail.com http://kr-builder.org/Colin/index.html
