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what instruments utilize only static pressure?
what instruments utilize only static pressure?
Thanks to everybody except that one jerk-off! This is what I thought, but I thought I was missing one for some reason.
Altimeter and VSI.
You didn’t ask, but the Airspeed Indicator uses static pressure in addition to pitot pressure.
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December 21st, 2009
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The altimeter.
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Altimeter and VSI.
You didn’t ask, but the Airspeed Indicator uses static pressure in addition to pitot pressure.
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Rick has it right. Altimeter and VSI.
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machmeter
air data computers
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Aeroplanes utilize static pressure from instruments called "pitot tubes". They are tubes that stick out of the bottom of the airplane, below the cockpit. Pitot tubes give pitot-static instruments their information.
The pitot-static instruments include:
Airspeed Indicator (IAS) – This instrument tells the pilot the speed that the airplane is flying at through the air. It is usually measured in knots.
Altimeter – This instrument tells pilots how high above sea level they are flying. It is measured by changes in air pressure (using an aneroid baromoter built into the pitot tubes) as the aircraft’s altitude changes.
Machmeter – This instrument tells pilots how fast they are travelling in relation to the speed of sound. Mach 1 is the speed of sound.
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) – This instrument shows the rate of climb or rate of descent, and it is usually used to determine weather the plane is flying level or not. When an aircraft increases altitude, an in-built diaphram contracts at a faster rate than the calibrated leak, and it is shown as a rate of climb.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot-static_system