I found airflow interference from the wheel pant caused an 8 knot underspeed in cruise when the pitot was below the wing on the stub. I moved it to 8 inches forward of leading edge to correct it. Also need to remember that flex in the gear leg from a heavy landing can allow the pants to hit the tube especially with large tyres (5.00x5) fitted...I learnt this the hard way.
You can fine tune your airspeed with an O-ring on the static tube either before or after the little hole but it also affects altitude and VSI to a minor extent. John The Martindale Family 29 Jane Circuit TOORMINA NSW 2452 AUSTRALIA phone: 61 2 66584767 email: johnja...@optusnet.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry flesner" <fles...@midwest.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:09 AM Subject: Re: KR> re pitot tube > > >MY set of plans says "the best and least complicated position for the pitot > >tube is at the very outboard end of the stub wing. > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > The only concern with that location is that it's directly above the > wheel pant. Depending on how the wheel cover attaches will > determine whether it's a problem or not. I went to the outer wing > panel to get away from that but my gear is so wide that it's > still a problem for me. That's not the reason I still don't have > wheel pants after 105 hours of flight time. I'm just having too > much fun flying to stop and build wheel covers! > > Larry Flesner > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
