I've been trying to check my pitot-static system on my RV. I have a Dynon heated pitot tube in the Vans location. The Dynon OAT is under the HS (it's checks out good with two other temp gauges). There is a Vans ASI on the same pitot-static system as the Dynon. I've been using a GPS and making 4 way runs to find the TAS from the GPS data.
So my question is, should the GPS TAS be the same as the Dynon TAS? I've found that the GPS TAS numbers are always higher than the Dynon TAS numbers. Here are some numbers I've been getting. Speeds are in MPH.
ASI IAS Dynon IAS Dynon TAS GPS TAS
82 74 77 94
104 99 105 119
160 158 168 182
If the two TAS are suppose to be the same, any ideas on how to correct the pitot static system to reflect the correct speeds? I did a pitot system check before hooking up the pitot tube using a manometer and the Dynon checked out lower than the ASI from Vans, about the same as what was observed from the flight tests.
Thanks for any help understanding all of this
Cam
So my question is, should the GPS TAS be the same as the Dynon TAS? I've found that the GPS TAS numbers are always higher than the Dynon TAS numbers. Here are some numbers I've been getting. Speeds are in MPH.
ASI IAS Dynon IAS Dynon TAS GPS TAS
82 74 77 94
104 99 105 119
160 158 168 182
If the two TAS are suppose to be the same, any ideas on how to correct the pitot static system to reflect the correct speeds? I did a pitot system check before hooking up the pitot tube using a manometer and the Dynon checked out lower than the ASI from Vans, about the same as what was observed from the flight tests.
Thanks for any help understanding all of this
Cam