That's the catch... Because it is 'out of disturbed air', it depends on the design of each individual pitot... For example, my piper-style blade pitot has to extend further down, to make up for the fact that it doesn't extend forward at all...
On 12/12/2012 8:01 PM, Oscar Zuniga wrote: > I believe Stef is asking how far forward the tubes should protrude. > Certainly ahead of any disturbed air, but how far is that? Perhaps we can > refer to the nice colored CFD simulations that were developed when the new > airfoils were developed, and guesstimate how far forward the tubes need to be > as a fraction of wing chord? The only such image I could find in a quick > search of the KRNet.org site was the very first one, here: > http://www.krnet.org/as504x/ . It's not very definite. I thought there were > a whole series of such images, from level cruise to past full stall. Mark-? > > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
