Greetings,

 

I know this topic has been addressed a couple of times but I cannot locate the post. I accomplished a panel change using the RealAir panel configurator which i know restores the original aircraft.cfg. I'm looking for the minor change to the aircraft.cfg to address the pitot heat issue.

 

Actually,. there are two issues:

 

1.) Loss of Power - Climbing through 15,000 to FL230 (36.5 Mg and 2700 RPM FF `190 PPH, ~ 140 IAS, `1000 FPM) power steadily decreased below 20 "; unable to sustain any acceptable power levels unless a descent is accomplished to below 14000. Being aware of FSX limitations re Icing and regardless of Turbocharging, Repeated attempts to successfully use the keyboard "H" technique to restore power prove useless until below 14. This is occurring with Active Sky 2012.

 

2.) IAS 0 - IAS goes to 0 for awhile . I know there is a minor aircraft.cfg for this pitot heat anomaly. Does anybody have that handy?

 

thanks / Les Parson

Fuel vent heat on? Or something along those lines.

 

Never seen the IAS pitot problem, works fine here.

Greetings,

 

I know this topic has been addressed a couple of times but I cannot locate the post. I accomplished a panel change using the RealAir panel configurator which i know restores the original aircraft.cfg. I'm looking for the minor change to the aircraft.cfg to address the pitot heat issue.

 

Actually,. there are two issues:

 

1.) Loss of Power - Climbing through 15,000 to FL230 (36.5 Mg and 2700 RPM FF `190 PPH, ~ 140 IAS, `1000 FPM) power steadily decreased below 20 "; unable to sustain any acceptable power levels unless a descent is accomplished to below 14000. Being aware of FSX limitations re Icing and regardless of Turbocharging, Repeated attempts to successfully use the keyboard "H" technique to restore power prove useless until below 14. This is occurring with Active Sky 2012.

 

2.) IAS 0 - IAS goes to 0 for awhile . I know there is a minor aircraft.cfg for this pitot heat anomaly. Does anybody have that handy?

 

thanks / Les Parson

 

Hi Les,

 

if you just re-download the current installer using your login to realair then going to support/downloads, the download includes (and has included for over two years) the pitot heat fix.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Rob - RealAir

"Fuel vent heat on? Or something along that

-I think it's more along the lines of pitot heat along with the aircraft.cfg update.

 

Thanks Rob, i'll try that.

 

Les Parson

"Fuel vent heat on? Or something along that

-I think it's more along the lines of pitot heat along with the aircraft.cfg update.

 

Thanks Rob, i'll try that.

 

Les Parson

 

I was refering to point 1. De-ice, fuel vent left, right. At altitude and some types of weather, the power is slowly lost until the engine is barely running. Although I think the H key enables these items so that doesn't help much.

I've reloaded the Real Air Duke (Piston) as Rob has suggested above. The loss of power continues after two or three minutes at cruise. Pitot heat was on prior to takeoff. It appears the loss of power is associated with Active Sky 2012. I tried an experiment by shutting down AS2012 in flight and fired up ASE (Active Sky Evolution) .With ASE, the power returned to normal levels.

 

Any ideas why this would occur?

 

I will post this in the Active Sky forum as well.

You may need an extra edit. Well, it was needed here.

 

RealAir Duke version 1.5 and patch notes and FAQ

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Icing Pitot fix

 

To prevent the pitot tube from icing even if the heat is "on", change this chapter of the aircraft.cfg

 

[electrical]

//BusType, MaxAmpLoad, MinVoltage

//BusTypes:0=MainBus,1=AvionicsBus,2=BatteryBus,3=HotBatteryBus,4-7=Generator/AlternatorBus(1-4)

max_battery_voltage = 24.0

generator_alternator_voltage = 24.0

max_generator_alternator_amps = 60.0

engine_generator_map = 1,1

avionics_bus=2, 5, 12

avionics=1, 5, 12

starter1=0, 5, 1

starter2=0, 5, 1

flap_motor=0, 0, 1

gear_motor=0, 0, 1

autopilot=0, 0, 1

pitot_heat=0, 5, 12

additional_system=0, 0, 1

marker_beacon=0, 0, 1

fuel_pump=0, 0, 1

gear_warning=5, 5, 1

light_nav=0, 5, 1

light_beacon=0, 5, 1

light_landing=0, 5, 1

light_taxi=0, 5, 1

light_strobe=0, 0, 1

light_panel=0, 5, 24

light_recognition=0, 5, 1

light_cockpit=0, 5, 24

 

make a backup of the aircraft.cfg first

I had the same problems and that one helped. The power loss should go away with pressing H or using the fuel vent switches, as somebody else has stated. If you still lose power, your assumption on the weather program may prove right.

 

Maybe you can alter the cloud icing severity or use FSUIPC to avoid the max value.