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Old 8th December 2018 | 10:45
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underfire
 
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The pitot tube provides ram air pressure, the static ports are located separately. The difference is the total pressure which is used for airspeed. You must have both operational.

A320 static and dynamic:


A350 a bit more complicated...

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