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 _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search Now! www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t=757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Dec06&_m=EXT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
