Pitot - Static Systems

PanAm International Flight Academy, Inc. 2001

Pitot System
required for airspeed information

Static System
required for outside air pressure
Altimeter
Vertical speed
Pressurization System

Pitot Tubes
left feeds Captains airspeed

right upper feeds FO

airspeed
right lower feeds AFCS (flight
director)

Pitot Tubes are heated

FO skirt panel

Stall Vane / Pitot

BOTH stall vane and
pitot heat
Left / Right
ON / OFF

PITOT
1 OFF

PITOT
2 OFF
PITOT
3 OFF

Annunciators
Left- #1 PITOT OFF
Right
#2 PITOT OFF
#3 PITOT OFF

NOTE:
No indication of stall vane heat failure
PITOT #3 OFF wired through Essential Avionics Master switch

PITOT
1 OFF

PITOT
2 OFF
PITOT
3 OFF

Filiment Dim
Controls intensity of annunciator lights

Static Vent Plates

rear of aircraft on both sides -connected
5 vents per plate
NOT heated

Shape deflects airflow

provides static pressure area
prevents icing of vents

S3

S2

S5
S4

S1

Interior of the static vent plates

bonus question: which side is this.the right or left side ?

Flight Control cables

Vent Plates
connected
via overhead to cockpit

S1
feeds Captain instruments

S2
feeds FO instruments
note FO airspeed feeds
overspeed warning system

S3
discharge valve

S4
safety valve

S5
cabin differential, FD, FDR

Captain has an alternate

S6
Rear Pressure Bulkhead
Changeover cock

Note all the water drains

all in forward part of
aircraft at lowest points

S6 Static Vent Source

Alternate Static Switch

If we are happy with the pitot/static system

we can get a closer look at the flight instruments that use this