REFLECTOR:Static Trip Strip

Wayne Lanza reflector@tvbf.org
Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:12:09 -0400


On my airplane it's a small block about 1/8" thick x 1" tall x 1/2" 
front to back. It's been there
for thousands of hours and we're pretty sure that it works OK...

Fly Safe,
Wayne Lanza
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On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 11:11 AM, Scott wrote:

> In this quarter's VV Duane S.  talked about the trip strip in front of 
> the static port, a way to test it and vaguely mentioned how to adjust 
> it.
>
> My altimeter is off by 300 feet in cruise with a corresponding error 
> in the airspeed indicator.
>
> Can anybody explain how this thing is supposed to work and a detailed 
> description of  how to adjust the thing?
>
> Scott
>
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