Re: [Titanaircraft] Static port experience

Here's the pitot/static combo that we use on Tornados.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/pitot15144.php

We shorten it to about the same drop as the factory Titan pitot tube. You have to drill two strategically placed 1/16" holes on the static port to calibrate it for the Tornado so you don't have ugly O-rings or a grommet that can move around on there. If you look in the Panos photos, on the second page, take a look at the spring suspension nosefork photo, and you can see the length we shorten it to, and you may notice the aluminum bezel ring we made for it.

--Kimberly

----- Original Message -----
From: John Elling
To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:31 AM
Subject: [Titanaircraft] Static port experience

I installed installed a static port in my TT2S per (my understanding
of) the factory recommendation when I installed a transponder and
encoder. I used a large bore rivet through the skin just behind the
vertical steel frame tube behind the pilot's left arm. I also
connected the static port to the airspeed gauge - previously the
airspeed gauge's static port was simply open.

With the new configuration I saw a jump in IAS of about 10 mph and I
think this is unrealistic based on the IAS at stall now (but I have
not calibrated it). The mode C encoder calibrates fine but this is
stationary on the ground so I don't know if the static port is
introducing an error while flying.

Any thoughts on location / calibration would be welcome. I'm
thinking about simply disconnecting it.

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