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Old April 18th 05, 06:29 AM
jeremiah johnson
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Newps wrote:
I'll vote "very necessary." Once at the Naval Nuclear Power Preparatory
School, in North Chicago, there was ice on my windshield so thick I
broke the tip off my Herter's sheath knife trying to get it off the
windshield of my car. About 1/4" to 3/8" thick. And that was during the
day in VFR conditions.


One freak time 35 years ago, on a car no less, and that qualifies as
very necessary? Remove head from ass.


i'm fairly certain that response is neither necessary or constructive.
his point was that it can happen, and it can. in his mind, the pitot
heat question is answered with a "yes." your's isn't. so what?
there's no need to try to silence him.
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Old April 18th 05, 02:18 PM
Tony
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fwiw, I'm a fairly high time pilot (IFR). I need carb heat a lot more
than pitot heat in VFR. At run up on a normally carburated engine if
you don't get an RPM dropoff when you pull the carb heat on, you don't
go. There's no such test for pitot heat (although I will tell you if
I'm going IFR I turn it on for a while when first in the cockpit, then
make sure it's warm during the walk around.

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Old April 19th 05, 01:02 AM
Mike W.
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Yup, even if you aren't planning on using it, it is nice to know what works
and what doesn't before you leave the ground.

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"Tony" wrote in message
ups.com...
fwiw, I'm a fairly high time pilot (IFR). I need carb heat a lot more
than pitot heat in VFR. At run up on a normally carburated engine if
you don't get an RPM dropoff when you pull the carb heat on, you don't
go. There's no such test for pitot heat (although I will tell you if
I'm going IFR I turn it on for a while when first in the cockpit, then
make sure it's warm during the walk around.



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Old April 19th 05, 06:50 AM
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"john smith" wrote in message
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In the Champ, I can see the reflection of the airspeed and altimeter in
the side windows (mirror image).

Cub Driver wrote:
When I took my first lesson, I complained to the instructor that his
shoulders were blocking my view of the instruments (tandem Cub),
whereupon he covered them with his hands and said: "You don't need
this XXXX! Fly with what's outside the airplane!"


A friend of mine starts new taildragger transition students out by covering
the entire instrument panel with a towel.

Another friend owns an OX5 powered WACO 10. When this airplane was built
the "airspeed" indicator was considered an "optional" accessory and the
person who bought the airplane new didn't buy ANY of the "optional extras."
:-) It is the only currently certified aircraft I know of that is legally
certified without an airspeed indicator. The altimeter only has one needle
and it isn't very accurate. :-) You were supposed to fly by looking outside
the aircraft and by listening to the wind in the wires and feeling the
controls.

I have sure flown in a lot of Cessnas where the airspeed indicator is WAY
over on the far left side of the panel. When you consider the instructor is
way over in the right seat, I doubt very much that the instructor is looking
at the airspeed indicator very often on final approach! I know I sure don't
when I am sitting on the right. :-)

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )


 




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