AA5Bman
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He who ironically no longer flies an AA5B
Hi all - I have been thinking about buying a turbo 206 and went to test fly one recently. One thing I noticed is that when the owner’s pilot applied full throttle at takeoff, the altimeter bounced around wildly (+/-200 feet for 1-2 seconds) but then settled down and remained steady the remainder of flight. What could possibly cause this? The thing absolutely ripped, and it occurs to me that maybe there’s so much air moving past the static ports and pressure change when the throttle is applied that it causes erroneous readings and is normal, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of or seen this before. Anyone ever seen anything like this, or have an opinion on whether or not this is an indication the pitot/static system is due for major repairs?