Skip to main content
Aviation

Return to Answer

added 5 characters in body
Source Link
CGCampbell
CGCampbell
  • 11.1k
  • 16
  • 72
  • 124

aA pitot tube is designed for measuring ram air pressure, but a static port is designed for measuring static pressure.

There are differences between them. 
ramRam air pressure is the sum of the dynamic pressure and static pressure. 
You can't only measure the dynamic pressure because the air always has static pressure. So you have to measure the ram air pressure which is the sum of the dynamic and static pressure and then remove the static pressure which is measured by static port.

a pitot tube is designed for measuring ram air pressure but a static port is designed for measuring static pressure.

There are differences between them. ram air pressure is the sum of the dynamic pressure and static pressure. You can't only measure the dynamic pressure because the air always has static pressure. So you have to measure the ram air pressure which is the sum of the dynamic and static pressure and then remove the static pressure which is measured by static port.

A pitot tube is designed for measuring ram air pressure, but a static port is designed for measuring static pressure.

There are differences between them. 
Ram air pressure is the sum of the dynamic pressure and static pressure. 
You can't only measure the dynamic pressure because the air always has static pressure. So you have to measure the ram air pressure which is the sum of the dynamic and static pressure and then remove the static pressure which is measured by static port.

Source Link
HWAN
HWAN
  • 51
  • 4

a pitot tube is designed for measuring ram air pressure but a static port is designed for measuring static pressure.

There are differences between them. ram air pressure is the sum of the dynamic pressure and static pressure. You can't only measure the dynamic pressure because the air always has static pressure. So you have to measure the ram air pressure which is the sum of the dynamic and static pressure and then remove the static pressure which is measured by static port.