Thread: Overspeed!
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Old 02-22-2008, 12:26 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by the King View Post
First, if it shears (switches rapidly), you will lose indicated airspeed. This is because the air that blew into the pitot tube, which is used to measure indicated airspeed, has been reduced by the switch.
The plane I fly doesn't have a pitot tube...
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