Why is the pitot tube on the left wing in Pipers and Cessnas?
As I was idly cutting a hole in the wing skin for the pitot tube mast, I wondered why Left?
Is it just to keep the plumbing length the shortest? Is there some obscure technical reason to do with Coriolis force or something? Is it tradition? Habit? A throw of the dice?
I suppose I will ponder this during the week of deburring to come
