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I planned to fly this morning, wanting to do some more VG testing and more work on autopilot settings. Right after lift off I realized I had no airspeed indication on G3X or the G5. Having taken off on runway 25, I climbed to pattern altitude on the crosswind and did a 180 to put me on base for runway 7, it was a very calm morning. I was thinking at least I have AOA, but as I slowed down I realized, oh yeah same probe, no AOA. I just put the nose slightly above the horizon where I knew it should be for approach and had an uneventful landing. As soon as I landed I realized I could have been looking at the GPS ground speed to verify. Back at the hangar, I looked into the probe with a light and could tell something was in there. I got a tooth pick and started digging around. Got some dark material out, I think the remains of a bug. Verified airspeed response when gently blowing into the pitot. Still have some concern about bug parts inside the pitot Think I will ask Garmin what they recommend. I have a pitot cover but normally don't put it on unless I think I'm not flying for awhile. Last time I flew was Saturday.. We do have mud daubers, but that wasn't what it was.
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I would disconnect the tubes at the instrument end and apply air backwards through the tube, to make sure you get all of the bits out. -
I just got an answer from Garmin saying basically the same thing.Originally posted by jaredyates View Post
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This method has worked for me. Easy and quick.Comment
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