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Re: Mystery german pitot tube... photo

Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 08, 2002 03:27:32 PM

In reply top Mystery german pitot tube... photo posted by Elliott on Sun Apr 07, 2002 12:10:38 PM


Elliot , this from a friend....

regards

Dave

It is a pitot tube or Staurohr in German, made by Askania. It is a mechanical
pitot tube and not an electrical version from the Pre-war period as already indicated by the date 1937.
This sort of pitot tubes was used in Hs 126 and other Biplanes etc...

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