GusBiz
Well Known Member
I searched the forum for this but didn't get a decent answer.
Does anyone have a dual pitot tube?
If you do what made you buck the trend and go the extra, what was your rational? Has anyone ever lost a pitot in flight, IMC or other wise? What did you do?
Has anyone had pitot-static issues and used their EFIS GPS information instead?
And finally has anyone really experience pitot ice in an RV? As far as I understand the law for IFR does not mandate dual heated pitots so can I get away with using my GPS data as the back up for IAS, altitude, climb rate?
With all this is the drag created by the tube and the stand for it that much, is it worth doing it anyway or is it like the "wire vs the foil" video
(for your reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftq8jTQ8ANE)
Does anyone have a dual pitot tube?
If you do what made you buck the trend and go the extra, what was your rational? Has anyone ever lost a pitot in flight, IMC or other wise? What did you do?
Has anyone had pitot-static issues and used their EFIS GPS information instead?
And finally has anyone really experience pitot ice in an RV? As far as I understand the law for IFR does not mandate dual heated pitots so can I get away with using my GPS data as the back up for IAS, altitude, climb rate?
With all this is the drag created by the tube and the stand for it that much, is it worth doing it anyway or is it like the "wire vs the foil" video
(for your reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftq8jTQ8ANE)