Is there a way to increase maximum airspeed?

edpoma

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I have a Fouga Magister (experimental jet) and Vne is 400 kts. I am considering installing a D-100, but it has a maximum indicated airspeed of 325 kts. I fly airshows and most fast passes are 350 and 380 knts. Is there a way, thru software modification that the maximum indicated airspeed can be increased?
 

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We kind of goofed with the high end spec. The highest pressure that we apply in our calibration applies to about that airspeed, but, it will keep on reading accurately beyond that through it's actual visible limit, which just under 500 knots if I remember correctly (For the nerds out there, it's the low airspeeds which are hard to detect. While airspeeds at the very low end are tiny fractions of a PSI, by the time you're up past 325 knots, the changes are large and the errors in measurement (in airspeed terms) very small.)
 

edpoma

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Thanks for your prompt response. I have two other D-100s and they have always worked great in a DC-3, so it looks like I will be installing one in my Fouga. Again, thanks!
 
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