Garry2247 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Anybody know what this is? It appears to be plumbed into the airspeed indicator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 If it's hooked up to the ASI, there must be a [likely hidden] switch on the panel to use it instead of the pitot and impress friends and passengers with high airspeed! Getting prop blast in addition to ram effect from speed should wind that puppy a little higher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culver LFA Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Garry2247 said: Anybody know what this is? It appears to be plumbed into the airspeed indicator. Looks like the mounting bracket for an ADF sense antenna with the wire removed (and mounted backwards)? Normally found on the top of the fuselage with the wire going to the top of the vertical stabilizer. Maybe it’s being used as a cooling duct for the emergency gear extension crank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Welcome aboard New Garry! I don’t think I have seen one of those before... There are a few versions of airspeed switches used on Mooneys... Does your plane have electric landing gear? If yes, what does it use for an AS switch..? Or does it have a squat switch? Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elliott Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Or perhaps Ram air for Piloto's pee tube 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Taylor Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 I waited to see what the real answer was...but it looks like that's going to take a while! My thought was a deer whistle... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL757 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, mike_elliott said: Or perhaps Ram air for Piloto's pee tube Yeah, I was so ready to go there... I couldn't find a WD-40 reference to throw in with it tho... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Pressley Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 This is the outside pickup for the Brittain (yes same Brittain as autopilot) true airspeed indicator. You notice it has no knob to adjust the outside temp etc. They work great and always read out true airspeed. Been a lot of years since I had one of these. Last one was on N2980T which I delivered to a buyer in England. Was a Meyers 200D 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ross Taylor said: I waited to see what the real answer was...but it looks like that's going to take a while! My thought was a deer whistle... Dammit, deer whistle is what I was gonna say... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, StevenL757 said: Yeah, I was so ready to go there... I couldn't find a WD-40 reference to throw in with it tho... Haha I was just thinking the same - maybe an early relief tube prototype. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Pressley Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 As a relief tube there, one must stand up facing the window 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Jerry Pressley said: As a relief tube there, one must stand up facing the window Mooneys interiors are capable of many different activities!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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