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Swingwing
05-08-2023, 08:11 AM
Is the length of the pitot tube mounting mast critical for the accuracy of a Dynon pitot heated with AOA? I have one mounted on my RV-7 that is 4" long that I would like to reuse but it appears the one Dynon sells is longer.

Thanks,
Nick

Jonathon
05-08-2023, 02:03 PM
The length is not critical. As long as the mast shares the common AN-5812 profile, third party masts such as the popular Gretz mast will work fine.

Swingwing
05-09-2023, 04:41 AM
Thank you Jonathon for the reply. The one I have is a Gretz