Randy Erwin
Active Member
Is there a method for calibrating the airspeed indicator following installation? I mean, once the plane is flying, how do you know if the indicated airspeed is correct? My instructor and I were doing some touch and goes this morning in my newly acquired RV-8, and we found that it was stalling (at altitude) well up into the white band of the ASI - like around 65 mph - and over the runway it would stop flying at around 70-75. This is with about 25-30 gal of fuel aboard and about 400+ pounds of pilots. The aircraft weighs 1088.
After getting a pitot-static check accomplished, what else can be done to verify that the ASI is giving us accurate information? It appears to us that it is reading a bit high.
After getting a pitot-static check accomplished, what else can be done to verify that the ASI is giving us accurate information? It appears to us that it is reading a bit high.