The Pitot-Static System: How It Works
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
If you’re in a modern, fancy airplane with glass primary flight displays instead of round dials, then it uses something called an Air Data Computer to show these readings. To find True Airspeed (TAS), youll need to account for these effects. It shows the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute.
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