REFLECTOR: pitot tube angle

[Ron Brown]

I would guess it would be very minor.  At landing speeds it will probably be a little more accurate than a pitot aligned with the horizontal (lengthwise) centerline. 

If it is an issue you can grind the nose off a bit to make it more perpendicular to the flow - but I wouldn't do anything until you fly it.  

Ronnie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Douglas Holub 
  To: reflector at tvbf.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 2:56 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: pitot tube angle


  I'm putting a new surplus 1950's fighter jet heated pitot tube in my nose right above the landing light. But to get the bayonet to poke out in the middle of the nose it needs to angle down about 7 degrees. Will that affect its accuracy very much?

  Doug Holub


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