pitot tubes on race cars

[Doug Johnson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Rocket 
> Science Racing
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:34 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com; brett at cloud9.net
> Subject: RE: picot tubes on race cars
> 
> > Neither seems terribly useful in a racecar with four perfectly good 
> > wheels
> to measure speed from(and an accelerometer to tell when
> > there's wheelslip, for example).  If you need an artificial horizon 
> > gyro
> in a racecar, you're doing something wrong :-)
> 
> VERY useful, see above.

Scott,

You've told us the method the pitot tube uses to determine pressure (from
the quote you included), but you forgot to tell us how you use such
information....

Thanks,

~ Doug


> I have an AIM Sports Mychron 3+ data acquisition unit on my 
> roadrace motorcycle. Not exactly a PI system, but I can't 
> imagine racing without it.
>