rvbldr3170
Active Member
Hi all,
I was talking to a local mechanic on Sunday, and I was talking about running the static line on my -4 per Van's reccommedation, and he asked why I was running a static line at all ?!
I didn't have an answer other than "because they told me to". He said that the requirements are only for static air, and the air inside the cockpit is "static", and said to simply leave the port open to the air inside the cockpit.
Has anyone else not installed a static line? If so, did the instruments read correctly?
I was talking to a local mechanic on Sunday, and I was talking about running the static line on my -4 per Van's reccommedation, and he asked why I was running a static line at all ?!
I didn't have an answer other than "because they told me to". He said that the requirements are only for static air, and the air inside the cockpit is "static", and said to simply leave the port open to the air inside the cockpit.
Has anyone else not installed a static line? If so, did the instruments read correctly?