April 23, 200422 yr Greetings all!I am having a weird occurance in FS9. Anytime I'm in cloud at or near freezing or below freezing temps, I will lose my airspeed indicator due to pitot icing. What is strange about this, is that it happens regardless of my having hit the "shift + H" keys, or appropriate switches depending on the aircraft involved long before I encountered icing conditions. I have to "cycle" the pitot heat switch a couple of times to get the pitot tube to clear.This happens on everything from propliners to regional jets.I don't think ActiveSky has anything to do with this, but I thought I'd throw the question out here on this forum anyway.Btw, I am a registered owner of AS2004 and FSUIPC.Anyone else experiencing this..or better yet, have a solution?Regards,ScottKJMS "...now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" ~ Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove" Scott Cebula
April 23, 200422 yr Hi Scott,A few things:Always use shift/H. On some planes the PITOT switch is a dummy switch.Turn on PH upon departure. PH is not instant heat and does take some time to kick in.Turn ON Prevent All Icing in AS.Go Red Wings,Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg
April 23, 200422 yr Author Hi Jim,Thanks for the reply.I always turn on the pitot heat prior to departure...It is most odd since even on airplanes that do not have the pitot switch, and I use the shift + H method, the phenomena still occurs.Oh well, I'll sort it out eventually...I hope ;-)Regards,ScottKJMS "...now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" ~ Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove" Scott Cebula
April 23, 200422 yr Author I'll give that a shot - thanks.Regards,ScottKJMS "...now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" ~ Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove" Scott Cebula
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