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dhkey(at)msn.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: pitot tube

Where can I get a pitot tube? I've found droves of big ones and heated ones 

for GA planes but can't seem to locate just a simple tube. I've bought one 

before but can't find it again.

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Richard Pike

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:40 am Post subject: pitot tube

NAPA. Ask for 1/4" OD steel brake line, length as appropriate. Cut off the 

flared ends and use a tubing bender to get the curve you want.



Richard Pike

MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)

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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:15 am Post subject: pitot tube

Or to keep it light, just make it from 1/4" aluminum tubing. Van's 

RV-x's just use a standard aviation flare fitting on the bottom of the 

wing with a short length of tubing bent at a right angle to get below 

the high pressure under the wing & then point forward into the airstream.



Richard Pike wrote:



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 NAPA. Ask for 1/4" OD steel brake line, length as appropriate. Cut off 

 the flared ends and use a tubing bender to get the curve you want.



 Richard Pike

 MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)

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a58r(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: pitot tube

If you stick yer pitot tube out the front of the nose bowl, put a  

small pc. of plastic tube as a transition pc between the short end  

coming out, and the longer pitot part. This way the pitot won't break  

if some little fingers wiggle it, or a coat grab it passing by.

regards,

Bob N.    FireFly 070 Old Kolb

http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/

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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: pitot tube

David

I believe all you need is a straight piece of tubing, 5/16" OD or so.  

It worked for me.

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On Jan 13, 2007, at 10:10 AM, David Key wrote:



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 Where can I get a pitot tube? I've found droves of big ones and  

 heated ones for GA planes but can't seem to locate just a simple  

 tube. I've bought one before but can't find it again.

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George Myers

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 76
Location: San Marcos, Texas

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: pitot tube

Go to your local AC/Heating supplier. They sell about a 2ft roll of 1/4 OD

aluminum tubing. Works Great.

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		   >> Where can I get a pitot tube? I've found droves of big ones and

 >> heated ones for GA planes but can't seem to locate just a simple

 >> tube. I've bought one before but can't find it again.

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APilot(at)webtv.net
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: pitot tube

A piece of alum tubing stuck in the nose is what I plug the pitot line

into from the airspeed indicator.  The static port is now routed to just

about a foot back from the instrument panel about where the negative

pressure from the nose cone and the positive pressure from the fuselage

tube meet.  It seems to be pretty accurate now.  Before, I routed the

static port line, I use to get an airspeed error of about 3 mph at stall

and about a 7 mph at cruise due to the building vacuum caused by the

shape of the nose, doors and windshield.

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Michael Sharp

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 118
Location: Oak Grove, MO (Kansas City)

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: pitot tube

Aircraft Spruce has one that is simple and less than $20 bucks Al tube with

Flange for mounting..



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



There is no pic but it looks like this one except there are 2 tubes, Static

and Pressure..



http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/unheatedptubes4.php

Mike

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Craig.Nelson(at)heraeus.c
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: pitot tube

I have one of these on my MKIIIX works well---Milow Tim on the other

hand has retro fitted a refueling boom from a black hawk helicopter to

the nose of his Firstar he says he needed to get the pitot tube out

there a few feet as there is quite a pressure wave in front of the

airplane to get accurate speed information. And he likes the look

Uncle craig

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