(B2431) wrote:

From: (Walt BJ)


Gentleman, the F4E does indeed have static ports, two of them. They
are located ON the pitot boom.
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Walt BJ

Walt, that's why I referred to it as the "pitot-static" tube. I guess I could
have been more clear in referring to static ports as a separate entity. I was
referring to the static ports flush mounted on the fuselage eg; KC-135. The
KC-135 has pitot tubes and the static ports are elsewhere on the fuselage. A
pitot-static tube has static ports a few inches back from the inlet as in F-4E,
T-39 etc.

As for the static ports on the F-4E pitot-static tube there were 4 small holes
in pairs on opposite sides of the tube IIRC(it's been 23 years since I last
worked on an F-4E). In any event the ports were all routed to a single fitting
extending out the back of the pitot-static tube coaxially with the pitot
fitting and heater connector. The pitot and static fittings were -4 and were
connected to lengths of nylon tubing running aft along the right side of the
radome.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

That reminds me...there was an odd setup on the C-119 with
respect to static ports...there was one on each side of the big
flat sides of the fuselage which were connected together then
"teed" off to feed the ASI, altimeter and VSI. It was a little
'trick' question as to the reason for this.

Apparently it's purpose was to cancel out the effect of
'skidding' the fuselage. With those huge 'barn door' sides the
effect of skid was quite large. Could this have been why the
F-4E's static ports were 'doubled up'?
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-Gord.