---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 01/10/22: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:58 AM - Re: Static port location (Robert Toth) 2. 09:55 AM - Re: Static port location (Guy Buchanan) 3. 10:16 AM - Re: Static port location (Michael Gibbs) 4. 03:36 PM - Re: Static port location (Jerold EVANS) 5. 03:36 PM - Re: Static port location (Jerold EVANS) 6. 03:37 PM - Re: Static port location (Jerold EVANS) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:58:04 AM PST US From: Robert Toth Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location I have mine external left side of fuselage just forward of horizontal stabilizer in about the middle of the fuselage. No issues! Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2022, at 9:47 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: > > > I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:55:40 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location From: Guy Buchanan My 4 had it left side, about half way back to the horizontal. It was off by about 10%. I did better just disconnecting the static at the instrument. Since I used GPS my airspeed didn't matter terribly much so I didn't spend much time trying to make it accurate. Were the GPS to fail my airspeed was close enough to allow me to DR navigate reasonably well, and as far as stall speeds and the like went, I used my own tested values. I remember, however, that you had to be careful with slips when you had a single external static; your indicated airspeed could be wildly different, one side to the other. A glider I once flew, (Grob 102,) had, I think, six static ports, to ensure accurate airspeed no matter the slip angle. Guy Buchanan On 1/9/2022 6:43 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: > > I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall > > Sent from my iPhone > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:16:39 AM PST US From: Michael Gibbs Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location My Model 4 had, and the current Series 7 has, one on each side, about mid-way between the wings and horizontal stabilizer. They have a straight tube between them with a T in the middle that runs to the instrument panel. Seems to work OK. Mike Phoenix, AZ > On Jan 10, 2022, at 10:57 AM, Guy Buchanan wrote: > > > My 4 had it left side, about half way back to the horizontal. It was off by about 10%. I did better just disconnecting the static at the instrument. Since I used GPS my airspeed didn't matter terribly much so I didn't spend much time trying to make it accurate. Were the GPS to fail my airspeed was close enough to allow me to DR navigate reasonably well, and as far as stall speeds and the like went, I used my own tested values. I remember, however, that you had to be careful with slips when you had a single external static; your indicated airspeed could be wildly different, one side to the other. A glider I once flew, (Grob 102,) had, I think, six static ports, to ensure accurate airspeed no matter the slip angle. > > Guy Buchanan > >> On 1/9/2022 6:43 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: >> >> I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:36:37 PM PST US From: Jerold EVANS Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2022, at 10:21 AM, Michael Gibbs wrote: > > > My Model 4 had, and the current Series 7 has, one on each side, about mid-way between the wings and horizontal stabilizer. They have a straight tube between them with a T in the middle that runs to the instrument panel. Seems to work OK. > > Mike > Phoenix, AZ > >> On Jan 10, 2022, at 10:57 AM, Guy Buchanan wrote: >> >> >> My 4 had it left side, about half way back to the horizontal. It was off by about 10%. I did better just disconnecting the static at the instrument. Since I used GPS my airspeed didn't matter terribly much so I didn't spend much time trying to make it accurate. Were the GPS to fail my airspeed was close enough to allow me to DR navigate reasonably well, and as far as stall speeds and the like went, I used my own tested values. I remember, however, that you had to be careful with slips when you had a single external static; your indicated airspeed could be wildly different, one side to the other. A glider I once flew, (Grob 102,) had, I think, six static ports, to ensure accurate airspeed no matter the slip angle. >> >> Guy Buchanan >> >>>> On 1/9/2022 6:43 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: >>> >>> I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:36:54 PM PST US From: Jerold EVANS Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Guy Buchanan wrote: > > > My 4 had it left side, about half way back to the horizontal. It was off by about 10%. I did better just disconnecting the static at the instrument. Since I used GPS my airspeed didn't matter terribly much so I didn't spend much time trying to make it accurate. Were the GPS to fail my airspeed was close enough to allow me to DR navigate reasonably well, and as far as stall speeds and the like went, I used my own tested values. I remember, however, that you had to be careful with slips when you had a single external static; your indicated airspeed could be wildly different, one side to the other. A glider I once flew, (Grob 102,) had, I think, six static ports, to ensure accurate airspeed no matter the slip angle. > > Guy Buchanan > >> On 1/9/2022 6:43 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: >> >> I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> > > > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:37:05 PM PST US From: Jerold EVANS Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Static port location Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2022, at 4:03 AM, Robert Toth wrote: > > > I have mine external left side of fuselage just forward of horizontal stabilizer in about the middle of the fuselage. No issues! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 9, 2022, at 9:47 PM, Jerold EVANS wrote: >> >> >> I have a model 2 and having problems with airspeed and want to place a external static port but would like to know where to put it. Right now its inside ,behind fire wall >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.