jer wrote:
Read my post again. I did not claim that AOA does not affect IAS.
I said that AOA does not affect the pitot to any appreciable degree.
The flow around the static source is another story.



Easy now.

I'd forgotten about the static port and it's position with regard to air
flow. Although my original question focused on the pitot tube, it's
undoubtedly better to consider the entire pitot-static system when
considering the effect of different angles of attack on IAS.

So, if I slip to the right during the aforementioned steep approach and
the static port is on the forward left side of the fuselage, the static
pressure goes up a little bit, I suppose? Then, combining a slightly
lowered pressure at the pitot (due to AOA) plus a slightly higher
pressure at the static port, I get a lower IAS, right?

I realize the total error is still probably negligible. Just armchair
flying.

-Scott