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Heated pitot
Even flying VFR, if I am flying below a cloud deck up in the northern states, sometimes the pitot will get moisture or something a little colder inside. The heat drives out the moisture and any inadvertant icing. I have been a follower of Vlads adventures and when he went to Alaska, he stated in his writeup that the airspeed went wacky for a time without a heated pitot tube. JMHO
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Never used pitot heat in the last 20-years and or over 3,300 flying hours in my RV. Yes I did use pitot heat once in a Mooney on an IFR approach during that time but only once. |
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