Originally Posted by
horizon flyer
So if the covers are so important to remove, as I know they are why not design them to ripe off at a certain air speed or design auto covers
which is not new as I have seen them on 1930s aircraft. Relying on humans to do such a critical operation is bound to fail, its a given..
How about a pitot design change that enables them to be momentarily rotated 180 degrees and thus enable them to be self clearing? It could get rid of covers, mud-dobber nests, ice, insects.
Flyn.