Pitot tube
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- English: Pitot tube
- Español: Tubo Pitot
- Deutsch: Ein Pitotrohr ist ein gerades oder L-förmiges, einseitig offenes Rohr zur Messung des Gesamtdruckes von Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen
- Euskara: Pitot hodia
- Français : Tube de Pitot
- Italiano: Tubo di Pitot
- Nederlands: Pitotbuis
- Magyar: Pitot-cső
- Română: Tub Pitot
- Українська: Трубка Піто
From the simplest diagram to the more complex ones[edit]
Picture of a Pitot tube, usually fixed under wings
Hydraulic Pitot tube principle
Hydraulic Pitot tube principle (simple and didactic diagram)
Hydraulic Pitot tube principle
Hydraulic Pitot tube principle
Pitot tube diagram
Pitot tube principle (Croatian langage)
Drawing of pressure measuring tubes
Pitot tube diagram
Pitot tube diagram (in French)
Drawing of a Pitot tube with Bernoulli´s law
Pitot tube diagram (in Polish)
Drawing of Pitot tube situation under flow angle conditions
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Photographs of Pitot Tubes[edit]
Heated Pitot tube to avoid ice-freezing
Pitot tube at Rockwell-MBB X-31
Pitot tube at the Royal Military Museum (Brussels, Belgium)
Pitot tube at Spaceship One
Pitot tube with weather vane
Douglas Dakota DC-3 (G-ANAF) with new pitot tube fitted to the nose
Mirage III-R with Pitot tubes well visible
Pitot tube at Renault R25
Nose-fitted Pitot tube used for flight testing
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