Correct Jeff.
You knew exactly what I meant. The aircraft not only had too high of an angle of attack but he was also pitched. The computer could have corrected for that if those sensors had been working. Since they were not and the instrument panel was not reading correctly it would make it near impossible to fly that aircraft.
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Having worked around B-2's when I was stationed at Edwards AFB I do know about those sensors.
Those air pressure sensors work just like a MAF. They have a heater element in them to burn off moisture. Just like our MAF's do. However I don't know there calibration routines. If the maint. T.O.'s called for only taking an impedance reading with the heater circuit off then yes. Any moisture in them would throw off the baseline reading.
10 to 1 odds a revision to the T.O. was issued to power the heater on to burn off moisture before recalibration procedures. What gets me is, how the hell did they figure out it was moisture in the sensors during routine maintenance and not just a failure of the heater elements in them before take off?The Pony Car Wars are over... The Mustang Won
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