Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
They weren't in a hover. And backwash, when in forward flight at 100 kts? Where are you coming up with this?
Do you understand what translational lift is?
If they were flying at 100 kts (which is roughly what speed they seem to have been going) their static ports will work fine.
The tests NTSB did said otherwise. Reading 80-130 ft lower in flight vs 20-55 ft on the ground and the FDR data didn't match the video from the tests.