CJ said:
Todays certification standards for pitot tubes still date from the Stone Age.
Unless a real job is done to update those standards, and re-define the certification testing with regard to potential present-day (icing etc.) circumstances, "we" (the engineers) just try to do our best.... which, because of the lack of clearly defined design data, may not be good enough.
Thanks CJ, that is the kind of communication I like to see.
It shows dignity...
Maybe is the wind tunnel as it is outdated as well... Maybe some kind of Cb sim could be developed for AFCS and/or IFCS testing... Improving weather satellite links in place of (or assisting), poor local radar systems may be helpful as well...