Pressure/Height Meters
type: Concept

PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM
type: Concept
in scheme: instruments
definition: Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot-static_system A pitot-static system is a system of pressure-sensitive instruments that is most often used in aviation to determine an aircraft's airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend. A pitot-static system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitot-static instruments. This equipment is used to measure the forces acting on a vehicle as a function of the temperature, density, pressure and viscosity of the fluid in which it is operating. Other instruments that might be connected are air data computers, flight data recorders, altitude encoders, cabin pressurization controllers, and various airspeed switches. Errors in pitot-static system readings can be extremely dangerous as the information obtained from the pitot static system, such as altitude, is often critical to a successful flight. Several commercial airline disasters have been traced to a failure of the pitot-static system. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments Instrument_Class: Pressure/Height Meters Short_Name: PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: DC-8 Short_Name: AIRCRAFT End_Group Online_Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot-static_system Creation_Date: 2011-05-23 End_Group