Hi All

  Josh Babcock writes
>
>Jeremy Santizo wrote:
> > can anyone tell me what's pitot heat and if that reallly work on planes? 
>Where can I find the procedures for programing the cessna 172's  NAV panel 
>(in the 2D panel model)?
> >
>
>Pitot heat prevents pitot tube icing in icing conditions. If that were
>to happen, the air speed indicator would cease functioning.

More serious than cease to function.It starts to work as an altimetre.I.E 
the higher you
fly the faster you appear to go.Resulted in the loss of a 727 some years 
back.Also resulted
in the loss of a commercial jet liner,cant remember what type,when the 
static ports were
left taped over after aircraft cleaning.Dont know if the loss of pitot or 
static is modelled
in FG

Cheers
Innis

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