 | A pitot tube (/ˈpiːtoʊ/ PEE-toh; also pitot probe) measures fluid flow velocity. It was invented by a French engineer, Henri Pitot, in the early 18th century... 11 KB (1,251 words) - 11:41, 19 March 2024 |
Pitot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henri Pitot (1695–1771), French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the Pitot tube James... 519 bytes (107 words) - 12:25, 9 November 2020 |
 | altitude, and altitude trend. A pitot–static system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitot–static instruments. Other instruments... 19 KB (2,342 words) - 16:28, 9 May 2024 |
 | Anemometer (redirect from Pitot tube static anemometer) a pitot-static tube, which is a pitot tube with two ports, pitot and static, that is normally used in measuring the airspeed of aircraft. The pitot port... 29 KB (3,688 words) - 01:44, 20 April 2024 |
Pitot pressure is the pressure that is measured by a Pitot tube, an open-ended tube connected to a pressure-measuring device. For subsonic flow, pitot... 817 bytes (109 words) - 21:10, 7 August 2019 |
 | Henri Pitot (French: [ɑ̃ʁi pito]; May 3, 1695 – December 27, 1771) was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the pitot tube. In a pitot tube... 3 KB (242 words) - 06:03, 6 May 2024 |
 | The Pitot theorem in geometry states that in a tangential quadrilateral the two pairs of opposite sides have the same total length. It is named after... 3 KB (361 words) - 14:24, 19 October 2023 |
 | Air France Flight 447 (section Pitot tubes) measurements—likely resulting from ice crystals obstructing the aircraft's pitot tubes—which caused the autopilot to disconnect. The crew reacted incorrectly... 217 KB (20,532 words) - 15:11, 12 May 2024 |
François Pitot (born 4 January 2005) is a French figure skater. He is a two-time French national bronze medalist. At the junior level, Pitot is the 2024... 9 KB (393 words) - 00:05, 27 April 2024 |
François Pitot was a French naval officer. He took part in the Battle of Groix commanding the frigate Républicaine française. In 1796, his ship, renamed... 1 KB (104 words) - 20:06, 13 March 2023 |
 | The Pitot House is a historic landmark in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Pitot House is an 18th-century... 7 KB (859 words) - 05:42, 30 May 2022 |
 | James Pitot (1761–1831), also known as Jacques Pitot, was the third Mayor of New Orleans, after Cavelier Petit served for a ten-day interim following Mayor... 7 KB (670 words) - 07:41, 28 January 2024 |
 | pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from one of the pitot tubes, which investigators believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside... 25 KB (2,653 words) - 16:28, 10 May 2024 |
Charles-Thomi Pitot de la Beaujardière (7 November 1779 – 25 May 1821), most commonly known as Charles Thomi Pitot was a Franco-Mauritian lawyer and politician... 3 KB (289 words) - 08:16, 19 July 2023 |
 | system (EFIS) can display Mach number derived from stagnation pressure (pitot tube) and static pressure. When the speed of sound is known, the Mach number... 23 KB (2,749 words) - 20:46, 18 April 2024 |
 | to a pitot-static system. The pitot-static system comprises one or more pitot probes (or tubes) facing the on-coming air flow to measure pitot pressure... 14 KB (1,857 words) - 21:59, 8 February 2024 |
 | dynamics. It is a variation of a Pitot probe where the inlet is protected by a "shroud" or "shield." Compared to the Pitot probe, it is less sensitive to... 1 KB (102 words) - 09:06, 21 February 2023 |
Genevieve Pitot (May 20, 1901 – October 4, 1980) was an American musician, composer, pianist and dancer. Pitot was born in New Orleans in 1901. One of... 4 KB (280 words) - 07:20, 17 April 2024 |
Position error (section Pitot system) pressure. The pitot tube supplies pressure to the airspeed indicator. Pitot pressure is equal to stagnation pressure providing the pitot tube is aligned... 7 KB (1,027 words) - 05:36, 17 November 2023 |
 | Flight instruments (section Pitot-static systems) are grouped according to pitot-static system, compass systems, and gyroscopic instruments.: 3–1 Instruments which are pitot-static systems use air pressure... 15 KB (1,696 words) - 16:01, 3 May 2024 |
 | between static pressure from the static port, and total pressure from the pitot tube. This difference in pressure is registered with the ASI pointer on... 11 KB (1,097 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2024 |
 | (parked or taxiing). On small general aviation aircraft, this may include a pitot tube cover or a control lock. The warning appears in English only. Other... 2 KB (245 words) - 12:02, 31 January 2024 |
 | A Machmeter is an aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity... 5 KB (608 words) - 01:33, 29 February 2024 |
 | ventilation on the resistance of a heated wire. Another type of anemometer uses pitot tubes that take advantage of the pressure differential between an inner... 6 KB (669 words) - 00:49, 24 November 2023 |
free-stream dynamic pressure. Stagnation pressure is sometimes referred to as pitot pressure because the two pressures are numerically equal. The magnitude... 4 KB (679 words) - 12:42, 21 July 2022 |
 | primary element is an averaging Pitot tube manufactured by Rosemount Inc. used to measure the flow of fluid in a pipe. A Pitot tube measures the difference... 1 KB (120 words) - 16:45, 7 April 2022 |
 | by atmospheric icing. The icing occurred due to failure to turn on the pitot tube heating at the start of the flight. This was one of two Boeing 727s... 11 KB (1,095 words) - 15:41, 12 February 2024 |
 | angle of sideslip (AoS, beta) static pressure (Ps) total pressure (Pt, pitot pressure) outside air temperature (OAT) total air temperature (TAT) Specialized... 4 KB (331 words) - 21:55, 28 March 2024 |
Flow measurement (section Pitot tube) Averaging pitot tubes (also called impact probes) extend the theory of pitot tube to more than one dimension. A typical averaging pitot tube consists... 50 KB (6,998 words) - 07:23, 8 April 2024 |
 | airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend data from an aircraft's pitot-static system. In some very high-speed aircraft such as the Space Shuttle... 8 KB (880 words) - 14:12, 5 March 2024 |