Tonight I bent, flared, and fit the Garmin pitot tube. Doing this for the second time (first time was Dynon) was a lot faster, and easier because I could use the Dynon tube bends as a reference.
There are some interesting differences in the Dynon and Garmin pitot tubes. The Dynon is noticeably longer. The tubes are marked “pitot” and “AOA” on the Dynon, but unmarked on the Garmin. I added some heatshrink labels to identify the tubes, after gently blowing through them to confirm which was which.
I’m installing the unregulated Garmin pitot tube, so there’s no controller box needed. The switch on the panel will turn it on, and it’ll stay on until switched off on the panel. This is how it works on most aircraft, and since I’ll hardly ever use it, simple seems best.
