Years ago when I had my T-Craft the airspeed indicator failed. Just a broken hose in the pitot line, but I flew it for several weeks that way before I got around to fixing it.
Years ago when I had my T-Craft the airspeed indicator failed. Just a broken hose in the pitot line, but I flew it for several weeks that way before I got around to fixing it.
Okay, time to eat a little crow.
Well, sort of. While the conversation on flight instrumentation is still open, I learned the value of engine instrumentation.
Turns out my Diehl alternator is overcharging my battery, enough to where I smoked the last one. No way I would have known for sure what did it if I didn't have a voltmeter on the panel.
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