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nick(at)aoaircrafters.com
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

Zodiac 601's,



I wish to place a static port on my Zodiac 601 HD.  The construction

manual recommends placing the static port next to the pitot tube in the

right wing; however, the wing is already closed up, so this location is

off limits.  



My only alternative is to either leave out the static port or place the

static port in a different location.  For various reasons, I have

decided to place a single static port somewhere on the fuselage sides. 

I recently purchased a static port from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty.



Does anyone know of a proven location (an accurate location) for the

placement of a flush mounted static port?



Thanks mucho,



~Nick 



95% finished!!

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btucke73(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

Nick,

   

       I put my static port on the side of the fuselage a couple of feet forward of the horizontal stab.  This is the same location as I remembered on the T-34C.  I performed taxi tests today, and got airborne for a couple thousand feet a couple of times.  The airspeed seemed to be tracking very well, very close to the GPS indicated speed plus headwind.  I can't quite call it proven yet, but give me a few days...  I have to work out some carburetor issues before I am willing to take it to altitude.  Don't fret, most low wing aircraft have the static ports on the aft fuselage.

   

  R/

   

  Brandon Tucker

   



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therideses(at)hotmail.co.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

I have just purchased a 601HDS. This aeroplane was constructed without a 

static port. The ASI overreads madly at low speeds and undereads at high 

speeds. An accurate static port location on the fuselage would be much 

appreciated.

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Subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:42 -0700






Zodiac 601's,



I wish to place a static port on my Zodiac 601 HD.  The construction

manual recommends placing the static port next to the pitot tube in the

right wing; however, the wing is already closed up, so this location is

off limits.



My only alternative is to either leave out the static port or place the

static port in a different location.  For various reasons, I have

decided to place a single static port somewhere on the fuselage sides.

I recently purchased a static port from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty.



Does anyone know of a proven location (an accurate location) for the

placement of a flush mounted static port?



Thanks mucho,



~Nick



95% finished!!  




	


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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:33 am Post subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

The 601XL kit includes a dual probe unit in which one probe is the pitot tube and the other is the static port. Any chance you could retro-install such a unit on the underside of the wing about 6 - 10" aft of the spar and be able to fish the tubing to/from it in your airplane? You may be able to remove the wing and use a fish tape to reach the pitot location particulalry if you mount the dual probe unit on an inspection plate like Paul Mulwitz has suggested.



Ed Moody II

Rayne, LA

601XL/Jabiru/cabin area



---- Brian Rides <therideses(at)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: 

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		   I have just purchased a 601HDS. This aeroplane was constructed without a 

 static port. The ASI overreads madly at low speeds and undereads at high 

 speeds. An accurate static port location on the fuselage would be much 

 appreciated.

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amyvega2005(at)earthlink.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: STATIC PORT LOCATION????

This is my take and my take only but, To create a new pitot location, pick a spot, behind the leading adge skin and away from the prop wash.  

Cut a square under the wing behind the main space roughly 4 by 4. make sure you are as far away from you closest inboard sprib so you can put P/S tube inboard of cut out, and feed a wire without bending it.   take a wire once whole is open and run it through a string of lightening hole to the wing root.  Take you time, you may want to use a flexble thin hose as guide for the wire, push it through  from in board wing to the hole location. .  Once you have wire all way through.   run you hoses for the P/S tubes.   to the inboard side of the 4x4 hole, attach your P/S  piping and attached the hoses.   make a 4.5x4.5 square, make the edges nice, and rivet to skin with  A-4 rivets every 40mm or so, start at corners and make even numbered rivetes all around.  SHould be a fun project.  

Juan 601xl 3300 



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