For those of you that know about the internals of pitot tubes I have the following questions...
1. If it is raining hard where does the water go that goes into the pitot tube? How much does it affect airspeed etc? The same goes for ice that gets on there and then gets melted...some of it turns to liquid and some turns to vapor but if it is always pushed back into the line what happens?
I am no expert on heated pitots so would appreciate learning more about how well they function in bad weather. I am not IFR rated BTW.
I know there was an airbus that had its pitot/airspeed indicator system fail because of heavy rain/water from ice etc. so I am curious about the solutions.
Thanks.
Jon
1. If it is raining hard where does the water go that goes into the pitot tube? How much does it affect airspeed etc? The same goes for ice that gets on there and then gets melted...some of it turns to liquid and some turns to vapor but if it is always pushed back into the line what happens?
I am no expert on heated pitots so would appreciate learning more about how well they function in bad weather. I am not IFR rated BTW.
I know there was an airbus that had its pitot/airspeed indicator system fail because of heavy rain/water from ice etc. so I am curious about the solutions.
Thanks.
Jon