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Feb 9th, 2010 at 2:09am

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LMAO ok it will sound dumb but I'm just a beginner (A) , lol so here's the question , alot of times when I'm flying the aircraft , suddenly the speed meter turns to 0 Sad and keeps like that for a while or sometimes even the whole flight Sad can you guys help me about that ?
 
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Reply #1 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 2:33am
SeanTK   Ex Member

 
That means that your pitot tube has iced up due to the weather conditions.
Basically put, it is an instrument that measures aircraft airspeed using ram-air pressure.

Most aircraft have a switch or button in the cockpit that activates "Pitot Heat". Activate that, wait a minute or two (can't remember how long it takes in FS), and your problem will be solved.

Oh, and there is no such thing as a dumb question, just dumb answers.  Grin Wink
 
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Reply #2 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 2:35am

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awww sean Love ya! thanks Smiley but is there something called pitot heat or is it the anti ice button ?
 
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Reply #3 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 2:41am
SeanTK   Ex Member

 
With everything I've seen, Pitot Heat is usually a separate button. The Anti-Ice button usually just handles icing issues on the wings and possibly the engines (although the engines usually have their own switch too.)


If an aircraft has an anti-ice button, I would be willing to bet that it has a dedicated Pitot Heat button somewhere, but having a Pitot Heat button does not guarantee that an aircraft has a full anti-ice system. *Like the default Cessna for example. Pitot Heat, but that's it.
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 2:43am

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Thanx xxx Smiley
 
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Reply #5 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 4:06am

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Well seems that your question has been answered. So I move on to another topic.

A girl in the forums?!  Huh  Shocked

Thats rare! Only think I've seen one or two before.

Good to see some diversity  Wink Cool Hope we don't scare you off  Grin
 

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Reply #6 - Feb 9th, 2010 at 8:35pm

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Good to see some diversity    Hope we don't scare you off 

That's funny considering your avatar!
 
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Reply #7 - Feb 10th, 2010 at 7:06am

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flaminghotsauce wrote on Feb 9th, 2010 at 8:35pm:
Good to see some diversity    Hope we don't scare you off 

That's funny considering your avatar!


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And an invitation to observe his ..."Flickr"!... Shocked... Shocked... Shocked...!

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Reply #8 - Feb 10th, 2010 at 7:50am

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Please do visit the Flickr! Could use the views  Wink

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