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Old 10th Jul 2011, 20:30
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In a similar discussion earlier, a combination Pitot/Static was suggested in the form of a "Tympanum", a membrane that resembles the skin of a drumhead, flexible, but impervious to water, Ice, or Hornet Nest. The Statics would be arranged about the perimeter, where least deflection of the membrane, and the "Pitot" portion would read at the center, where deflection is greatest. It would take a computer to weight the deltaP by geography, but it is feasible.