Motorgliders and TE Probes

A TE probe on a wing would certainly be a very bad idea as the pressure
field near the wing will not show linear variations with angle of attack...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Eric Greenwell" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

I have a question for motorglider owners. I sell variometers and TE
probes
but I'm still learning. A customer is building a Europa motorglider and
he
is wondering if he can mount a TE probe on the fin and connect it to the
variometer, or will the propwash cause problems.

The reading will bounce around, but usable except when trying to center
weak lift while under power.

Is it necessary to use
some sort of pneumatic switch to switch between TE and static input for
the
variometer?

It would likely help.


His pitot and static ports are on a boom that is mounted to the wing.

Since he is building it, I suggest he consider a TE tube on the wing,
clear of the prop wash. That should be easy, since he is already doing
that with the pitot and static. Or, use a vario with electronic TE and
just use the pitot/static.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA