>Worse than having someone break off the under the wing pitot tube is to have >them catch a pant leg on it and fall onto the wing or other such structure >that might not survive the incident. >Parley Byington ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The lead edge of my under wing pitot /static is located several inches back of the wing lead edge. You would almost have to crawl under the plane to do damage. To date, no one has even bent the unit, let alone break it. And as I stated earlier, it seems to be very accurate. Larry Flesner
