Well hello everybody!

[chauvan]

I'm new to the community and FS2002 and I wanted to drop by and say hello.  Hello.  Also, I have 2 geewhiz questions.... What does the Pitot do and what does the Flight Director do?  Thankee.

[Blade]

WELCOME!  ;) The Pitot is an instrument used to measure temperature and wind I beleive. Not sure about the FD.

[chauvan]

Thanks!  I have another question concerning navigation stuff, but I'm gonna hold on asking until I verify I have no idea what I'm doing.  

[BFMF]

Hi Chauvan, welcome to the forums

[ysteinbuch]

Welcome aboard! We're here to help ... and learn from each other. This is quite a site.

[MattNW]

Welcome. New myself.  I have done some RL flying in the past but I never got my instrument rating so I'm learning too. As for navigation I always just kept my flights between the Interstate hwy, the railroad, the radio station tower and the river and I haven't gotten lost yet.  8)

[logjam]

The Pitot tube (named after Henri Pitot in 1732) measures a fluid velocity by converting the kinetic energy of the flow into potential energy. It is not just a simple tube, having 2 concentric tubes the outer tube sealed at the end and pierced with equidistance holes around it's circumference.The conversion takes place at the stagnation point, located at the Pitot tube entrance. A pressure higher than the free-stream (i.e. dynamic) pressure results from the kinematic to potential conversion. This "static" pressure is measured by comparing it to the flow's dynamic pressure with a differential manometer. Air is really gaseous liquid, so the Pitot tube on an airplane can be used to measure things like airspeed and as a comparitor for the barometric altimeter.

The Flight Director (FD) is a modern version of the old Artificial Horizon.

Welcome to the science of flying a simulator LOL

[ysteinbuch]

And THAT is the definitive description of the Pitot tube!  :D

[chauvan]

The Pitot tube (named after Henri Pitot in 1732) measures a fluid velocity by converting the kinetic energy of the flow into potential energy. It is not just a simple tube, having 2 concentric tubes the outer tube sealed at the end and pierced with equidistance holes around it's circumference.The conversion takes place at the stagnation point, located at the Pitot tube entrance. A pressure higher than the free-stream (i.e. dynamic) pressure results from the kinematic to potential conversion. This "static" pressure is measured by comparing it to the flow's dynamic pressure with a differential manometer. Air is really gaseous liquid, so the Pitot tube on an airplane can be used to measure things like airspeed and as a comparitor for the barometric altimeter.

The Flight Director (FD) is a modern version of the old Artificial Horizon.

Welcome to the science of flying a simulator LOL

Well....  I think my head hurts now.  :)  Thankee.....