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VL3 Evolution - Pitot heater

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Small questions here. I was flying the VL3 Evolution around Victoria Island yesterday when I ran into icing conditions. I discovered my airspeed indicator had stopped working and suspected my pitot tube must have frozen. I went looking around the cockpit to find a pitot heater button but couldn't find one. However, the mapped pitot heater on my keyboard solved the problem.

Q: Does anyone know if the VL3 Evolution has a pitot heater button IRL and it's not been modelled in the MFS cockpit?

Darn, I flew the VL3 last night through icing conditions in Alaska and forgot about the keyboard shortcut. I couldn't find it anywhere in the virtual cockpit. I don't know anything about ultralights specifically but planes certified for IFR must have a heated pitot tube. I'm assuming that's the same for an IFR ultralight (?!) so real life builds would have to have a heated tube. Regulations don't say anything about being able to switch that on or off, as far as I know. 

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