Aircraft Systems and Flight: The importance of the Pitot-Static System
Pitot-Static System (by Diego Llorente) The human being is composed of systems that contain organs. Airplanes are also composed of systems that contain fundamental elements for the performance and proper operation of the airplane. In the previous blog, I mentioned the importance of performance and every pilot must have knowledge of those details. By the way, every pilot must know how an airplane is composed, its systems and how each one of them works. One can find several systems such as the fuel system, the electrical system, and many others. In this case, my example is directly connected with the Cessna 172. An aircraft widely used for pilot training and contains, like all aircraft, a system that I consider the relevant system to be analyzed and considered for every pilot worldwide, the pitot-static system. ...