Darryl Ramm
June 5th 09, 04:24 PM
On Jun 5, 5:56*am, John Smith > wrote:
> > the correct way is horizontal.
>
> The idea is to make it insensitive to "uncoordinated" flight.
>
> I've never flown that probe myself, but I've heard good critics from
> other pilots.
That makes much more sense than claiming the a dual prong is for AoA
sensitivity. And clearly the manufacturer is claiming horizontal is
the way to go so that's it. That does conflict with other public info
like at Wings and Wheels that
talks about AoA insensitivity and standard class gliders for these
dual TE prong probes.
Darryl
> > the correct way is horizontal.
>
> The idea is to make it insensitive to "uncoordinated" flight.
>
> I've never flown that probe myself, but I've heard good critics from
> other pilots.
That makes much more sense than claiming the a dual prong is for AoA
sensitivity. And clearly the manufacturer is claiming horizontal is
the way to go so that's it. That does conflict with other public info
like at Wings and Wheels that
talks about AoA insensitivity and standard class gliders for these
dual TE prong probes.
Darryl