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This thing may have saved my a**! I was asked to test some prototypes on my Lance, and I have to admit that
I rarely ever used a pitot cover before. Well, I forgot to remove the PitotShield prototype prior to takeoff
one day. Never even knew it until I landed after the trip. I noticed the pitot cover was gone! Thanks DeGroff
Aviation Technologies! If I used the old standard pitot cover, I surely would have started the takeoff roll
with it on."
...MD
"I recently purchased a new PitotShield cover from you at Oshkosh 2002. I thought the idea was unique but
I was sure that I would never need the technology. Well, guess what? on my last trip I took some friends
for a sightseeing ride and during the walk around another pilot interrupted me. One thing lead to another
and we departed for a nice sights flight. On take off one of my passengers told me something fell off the
wing. When I looked everything looked fine. All instruments performed normal. We had a nice flight and returned
to the airport. While we were putting the plane away for the day I could not find my PitotShield cover and then
realized that it was what my passenger had seen fall off the wing. Losing airspeed indication on a VFR day is not
critical but at full gross it could be a stressful flight.
Thanks for the invention.
...Larry
p.s. How about a blow off tow bar kit? I've seen pilots land with those still attached."
Hi Guys:
I am sending in my registration card, but thought you'd like to know about my experience. So far, the shield
has worked great! Even through 2 days of 50+ winds (afternoon storms), the shield has remained firmly fitted
to our Piper Archer. Great product!
....WM , Shepherd, MT
PitotShield
I would like tell you how well your product worked. I fly a Piper Lance
out of a small field (approx 2800'). I took the active runway and
advanced the throttle. As I began my panel scan for engine gauges,
everything appeared normal. RPM was 2700, manifold look good, oil and
fuel pressure was normal. My eyes darted back on the runway centerline,
then quickly onto the airspeed indicator for the "airspeed alive"
indication. It read "zero airspeed"! I looked back at the runway for
length remaining in an effort to consider an aborted takeoff decision
and out of the corner of my eye the airspeed jumped up, indicating your
product worked as promised. The PitotShield activating preempted me from having to make
an aborted takeoff decision and allowed me to continue the takeoff and an uneventful flight.
Thank you
PH
As mentioned I purchased the PitotShield at Oshkosh this past year, and have been pleased with its application and
now am more pleased with it's design.
I always protect my pitot, as I have had two blockages in the system previously when I was "in too big of a hurry"
to cover the inlet. Both times I had to take the plane in to my mechanic for repairs. On a December departure from
Scholes Field in Galveston, Texas, I was departing in IMC conditions for a return trip home, and as planned, the
IFR trip was uneventful. As I hangered N2235C, and was closing up I realized I forgot to remove the pitotshield on
departure. I'm sure it is somewhere on runway 17 in GLS but glad I lost it (as designed) and all was safe on the flight.
Thanks for the product and I don't mind paying for a new one but I do need a replacement asap to replace my old rag
tied on. Look forward to seeing you again in Oshkosh.
Thanks
BS
Sulphur Springs, TX
N2235C
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