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Loosemarbles
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 577
Location : South East England
Points : 2218
Registration date : 2016-10-01
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MikeO
Site Admin
Number of posts : 3384
Age : 71
Location : Seaham, Co Durham, UK
Points : 7828
Registration date : 2009-06-29
|  Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight  Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:13 pm | |
| I've got one of those!  |
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steve_h80
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 651
Location : Teesdale, UK
Points : 2442
Registration date : 2016-05-15
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:30 pm | |
| Me too, I've had too many 'vrum, vrum, crump, aaagh, thud' experiences in the past. |
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Meldrew
Visiting Curmudgeon
Number of posts : 3592
Location : York, North Yorkshire, England UK
Points : 7413
Registration date : 2010-11-16
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:33 pm | |
| I've got one of those Remove Before Flight tags attached to my earplugs case. |
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exavid
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2650
Age : 78
Location : Medford, Oregon
Points : 6995
Registration date : 2009-07-17
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:50 pm | |
| I used to use those in the pitot tube on several of the airplanes I've owned. In the Arctic you really need one to prevent losing the airspeed gauge due to ice in the pipe. In very wet areas such as Southeastern Alaska one still needs on to keep rain water out of the pitot otherwise the airspeed gauge kinda gets weird.
If you need one here are a couple. Might look classy on a bike if you have an airspeed gauge.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/nelsonproducts10.php |
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bikerboy
Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 400
Age : 77
Location : Leyland England
Points : 3971
Registration date : 2011-05-12
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:07 am | |
| It would see that pitot tubes are a favourite nesting place for bugs so the sales of the cover should increase! |
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Loosemarbles
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts : 577
Location : South East England
Points : 2218
Registration date : 2016-10-01
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:15 am | |
| Don't get me started on pitot tubes!
They are a fundamental part of flight safety. Frozen or damaged pitot tubes have brought down many aeroplanes over decades.
I wouldn't mind a 'drift indicator' on my SW though....displayed by HUD onto my screen. Cool or what? |
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MikeO
Site Admin
Number of posts : 3384
Age : 71
Location : Seaham, Co Durham, UK
Points : 7828
Registration date : 2009-06-29
| | Subject: Re: Remove Before Flight Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:24 am | |
| There's an 'Air Crash Investigation' TV programme episode about a crash caused by wasps nesting in a pitot tube.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgenair_Flight_301 |
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