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Old 24th Oct 2010, 19:31
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Standby instrumentation has operated off a stby pitot and static port for decades, problem is that they are generally the same as the others, just an additional system that is stand alone and pneumatic/mechanical, old ones not requiring any electricty to operate.

I feel the cost of an aditional system would outweigh the benefit. Feel confident that mfgs's, aviation authorities and airlines feel the same.

Another problem is, if you have a pitot probe that pops out in clean air in an emergency you also need a static port and alot of effort goes into making sure the static source is clean (mostly flush skin within proximity to the port).$$$$$$$$$$$
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