Aircraft
Eclipse works on moisture problem with pitot system
By the middle of last month, Eclipse Aviation had delivered two airplanes to individual owners and three to air-taxi operator DayJet, which is using its ai

By the middle of last month, Eclipse Aviation had delivered two airplanes to individual owners and three to air-taxi operator DayJet, which is using its airplanes for pilot training. DayJet plans to certify installation of a stand-alone attitude indicator to make its first airplanes Part 135 compliant until Eclipse receives certification for a third ADAHRS.

Eclipse is also working on a fix for the model 500’s two pitot/AOA probes, which have three times had a problem with moisture freezing and caused the airspeed indication to wind down to zero, generating crew alert system messages on the avionics displays. The standby airspeed indicator is not affected.