When we hear the words “pitot tube,” we tend to think more of airplanes than of air ducts, but [Franci Kopač]’s guide to pitot tubes for makers shows that they can be a remarkably versatile tool for ...

Everyone involved with IAQ knows about the 1970s, when excess energy use became Public Enemy No. 1 for commercial building designers. Saving energy was the critical goal: Air leaks were being hunted ...

Several Formula 1 cars that participated in the recent last in-season test session in Abu Dhabi carried a strange looking beam attached to their air box. This beam, made of carbon fibre composite ...

The thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft would be a thing of the past once the Photonic-based system is commercialised. The air pressure measurement device – Pitot-static ...

PARIS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The European Aviation Safety Agency Wednesday advised airlines to inspect airspeed instruments on Airbus A330 and A340 models, officials said. The EASA directive, issued from ...

The Pitot tube, a simple device for determining the subsurface flow of water, is a hollow tube with a bend at the bottom that can be turned to face the flow. Henri Pitot, a French engineer, described ...

One can notice a thin metre-long tube protruding from the nose of every aircraft, which is an air pressure measurement device and an essential component in the flight system. Efforts are on to develop ...