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Old 5th March 2012 | 09:35
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Mr Optimistic
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pitot tubes

Bit puzzled about pitot tubes: if these are a worry why not just make them physically bigger. Would take more to block them and the thermal inertia (mass increasing with l cubed, surface area with l squared ) would increase, smoothing temperature changes.
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