Pitot/static leak issues when using a "squat switch"

To answer the original poster. When something is changed or added to a pitot/static system the A&P or Repairman is required to do a leak check.

Ha answered my own question through a little research! Trig recommends an airspeed switch- https://www.trig-avionics.com/librar...ust%202018.pdf
I’ll have to give it some thought before I install one.

It's not that expensive and the installation is trivial.Â* Why the concern?

On 11/28/2019 10:11 AM, Charles Longley wrote:
Ha answered my own question through a little research! Trig recommends an airspeed switch- https://www.trig-avionics.com/librar...ust%202018.pdf
I’ll have to give it some thought before I install one.

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Dan, 5J

I am thinking about a better mousetrap. Probably can’t do a squat switch on the gear because of the configuration on the ASW20. But I’ll think it over.

On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 5:30:34 PM UTC-6, Charles Longley wrote:
I am thinking about a better mousetrap. Probably can’t do a squat switch on the gear because of the configuration on the ASW20. But I’ll think it over.

Just an observation, but a true "squat" switch senses the gear bearing the weight of the airframe on the ground. Not just whether the gear is extended or retracted.
another can of worms is documenting such a switch install.

just two cents worth of clarification.
best wishes,
Scott

Everything I've flown with a squat switch (props, turboprops, jets) has
had shock struts.Â* Does the '20 have one of those?

Come to think of it, we use "landing gear down and locked" as a position
for a micro switch in our gear warning systems.Â* It shouldn't be at all
difficult to use a micro switch in the "landing gear up and locked"
position as your "in flight" sensor.Â* But when you lower the gear,
you'll be reporting "on ground".Â* You could also use a toggle switch,
just don't forget to flip it.Â* Or you could simply switch your
transponder from ON to ALT before takeoff and after landing.

On 11/28/2019 4:30 PM, Charles Longley wrote:
I am thinking about a better mousetrap. Probably can’t do a squat switch on the gear because of the configuration on the ASW20. But I’ll think it over.

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Dan, 5J

Yeah I am familiar with how a squat switch works. There’s no suspension in an ASW-20 except the tire so no place to put the squat switch. I’ll take a look at it when I do the Condition Inspection. Maybe something will come to me.

On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 5:58:13 PM UTC-8, Charles Longley wrote:
Yeah I am familiar with how a squat switch works. There’s no suspension in an ASW-20 except the tire so no place to put the squat switch. I’ll take a look at it when I do the Condition Inspection. Maybe something will come to me.

Can anyone show me the FAA regulation that requires a squat switch in a glider?