REFLECTOR: heated pitot

Chris Barber cbarber at texasattorney.net
Mon Nov 7 08:35:54 CST 2011


Ruben,



That is the same location and manner I installed my Dynon.



Chris

Houston

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] on behalf of Ruben Creus [ruben at vainneg.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:13 AM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: heated pitot

I have a Dynon heated Pitot. The nice thing is that it has temperature controller, so it gets hot up to 80C, then shuts down when reaches 70C, and turns on again for few seconds to heat up again repeating the circle.

Advantages:
1) it gets hot, but no excessively hot preventing any longtime body damage.
2) It is very efficient and it use current only if it needs it.


Disadvantage :
1)       You need to install the pitot and the controller. You need a bit of wiring as the controller uses 5 wires, but if you can place them close to each other it comes with easy to plug connectors, so not a big deal.
2)       The signal to your panel is ground, so either you have a Dynon unit to see the status, or if you want to have a light somewhere then you might need to be creative on how you connect it.

Ruben G. Creus
Ë +1.571.215.0025
* ruben at vainneg.com<mailto:ruben at vainneg.com>



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From: Chris Barber [mailto:cbarber at texasattorney.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 5:42 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Cc: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: heated pitot

Not sure of the compatibility or if it is an issue, but Dynon has a heated pitot for $450 IIRC. Much cheaper than most I think.

Chris

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On Nov 5, 2011, at 3:44 PM, "Laurence Coen" <lwcoen at hotmail.com<mailto:lwcoen at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Lou,

I have a surplus shark fin pitot static on the nose of my plane.  The static port doesn't work because the pressure wave from the nose messes up the static reading but the pitot works fine and it's heated.  I think you would need about a 3 foot boom to get the static port to work but I expect you already have a separate static port.  If you look in the AS catalog you wont be happy at the prices.  Try this link.
http://www.barnstormers.com/classified_597429_Shark+fin+Pitot+head.html

Larry Coen
N136LC

From: Lou Stedman<mailto:stedmanlou at roadrunner.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:49 PM
To: Velocity Reflector<mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: REFLECTOR: heated pitot

My standard Velo is an older model and is equipped with a VOR, ILS, and a GPS for IFR. Unfortunately it does not have a heated pitot, which I understand is required to have it IFR certified. I am planning on installing a heated pitot this winter and was wondering what others have used. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Lou Stedman
Velocity SEFG
N7044Q
Olean, NY
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