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DVA5521
Captain, B757-200
Joined on June 06 2007
Northeastern United States
61 legs, 120.4 hours
55 legs,
110.8 hours online
57 legs,
114.4 hours ACARS
3 legs,
6.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 19:00 ET by Kevin Stier
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Shortly after takeoff Speedometer stopped working and troubleshooting ideas?
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DVA2750
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 17 2005
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club
"Roll Tide Roll"
Montgomery, AL USA
900 legs, 1,831.7 hours
818 legs,
1,580.2 hours online
804 legs,
1,594.9 hours ACARS
20 legs,
45.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 19:08 ET by Derek Bradley
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| Turn the pitot heat on :). Click the overhead and turn on all the heaters.............Actually taking a second look at the picture, The TAT is 20. It wouldn't normally freeze below 10. I don't know where you are flying from, but there I can't think of anywhere in the 48 that the TAT would be above about 12 or 15 degrees at 15000, especially at night.
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DVA5521
Captain, B757-200
Joined on June 06 2007
Northeastern United States
61 legs, 120.4 hours
55 legs,
110.8 hours online
57 legs,
114.4 hours ACARS
3 legs,
6.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 19:33 ET by Kevin Stier
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Thanks it WORKED =-)
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DVA1427
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on December 14 2003
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Globetrotter
Moose Club
US Capital Club
Everett 250 Club
Quincentenary Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Livin' in the Dog Pound!"
Kannapolis, NC
558 legs, 1,984.3 hours
250 legs,
611.8 hours online
384 legs,
1,530.5 hours ACARS
38 legs,
82.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 19:41 ET by Lewis Gregory
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Pitot heat should always be on before takeoff.
If you ever have that situation happen again, where your airspeed indicator falls to zero even with pitot heat on (and it will happen in rare instances), IMMEDIATELY disconnect the autothrottle and set your power to a reasonable power setting for your realm of flight, climb, cruise, whatever. Then leave the throttle alone for a second, toggle the pitot heat off and on, and wait for that to clear the ice up. When FS2004 blocks the pitot tube and sends your airspeed to zero, the autothrottle will immediately shove the throttles all the way forward because it thinks you're underspeed. You don't want that.
Lewis GregorySenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online
580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs,
191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 20:09 ET by Michael Brown
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I think pitot icing in FS is a little buggy. Even with pitot heat on I'll get a zeroed airspeed from time to time.
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DVA4890
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on August 22 2007
Million Mile Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Millennium Club
"Jesus is my co-pilot"
McDonough, GA USA
1,022 legs, 3,005.6 hours
330 legs,
1,101.7 hours online
948 legs,
2,807.1 hours ACARS
59 legs,
156.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 02 2008 20:13 ET by Mark Fetters
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go faster, laugh, turn pilot heat on
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DVA5436
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on January 14 2008
Vancouver, BC Canada
16 legs, 17.3 hours
15 legs,
16.3 hours online
15 legs,
16.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 02:38 ET by Diego Costa
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The Pitot Heat must be turned on after the engine start up
Diego CostaFirst Officer, B737-800
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online
1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs,
114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 05:43 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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pitot - oops way late on the response.
Mike - well, that is realistic. A pitot heat is not intended to be a deicer. Once it ices up - turning it on will have little or no effect. It is best to have it turned on when there is expected or planned areas of icing. Best bet is to turn it on prior to departure.
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DVA1679
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on May 16 2004
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
"flightdeckproductions.com"
Utica, MI USA
322 legs, 620.4 hours
300 legs,
591.4 hours online
115 legs,
194.0 hours ACARS
5 legs,
11.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 08:47 ET by Larry Foltran
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Just to add my 2-cents to this thread, use of pitot heat is required at all times on commercial flights. You basically turn it on while on the ground and shut it off once you arrive at your destination. Air foil anti-ice and engine anti-ice are "when necessary" type systems. When to turn pitot heat on seems to depend on the checklist being used. The checklist I use on every flight has it listed under the taxi phase of the flight.
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DVA4290
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
Joined on April 04 2007
50 State Club
Online Triple Century Club
Quincentenary Club
"Lightning coming out of that one"
Houston, TX USA
502 legs, 829.4 hours
340 legs,
575.5 hours online
421 legs,
683.7 hours ACARS
41 legs,
81.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 11:09 ET by Andrew Lynn
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I've seen CR2's roll in and you can see the head radiating off of the tubes on the nose. So they always told us to never brush against them.
Although in RW, ASA's checklist calls for it to be turned of after you retract flaps on your taxi, from time to time they will forget...
Andrew LynnSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA1356
Captain, B757-200
Joined on October 27 2003
Midwestern United States
45 legs, 87.2 hours
32 legs,
59.7 hours online
23 legs,
45.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 11:25 ET by Nathan Rasch
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The probe heat should not actually be heating the probes until weight off wheels - in most aircraft, the system is linked the the squat (or scissors or WOW, depending of manufacturer) switch.
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DVA1679
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on May 16 2004
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
"flightdeckproductions.com"
Utica, MI USA
322 legs, 620.4 hours
300 legs,
591.4 hours online
115 legs,
194.0 hours ACARS
5 legs,
11.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 13:29 ET by Larry Foltran
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I've been told the thing to watch out for on the Mad Dog is the RAT probe heat. That thing heats up instantly and will take skin off your hand if you're holding on to the probe when it fires up. I heard a story about a fresh FO who hung his jacket on the probe while he did the walk around. The Captain was conducting his flight deck checks and activated the probe heat which ended up putting a hole in the poor FO's jacket. I suppose that FO never forgot that lesson.
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DVA1356
Captain, B757-200
Joined on October 27 2003
Midwestern United States
45 legs, 87.2 hours
32 legs,
59.7 hours online
23 legs,
45.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 14 2008 13:47 ET by Nathan Rasch
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Scary! I have seen probes on the verge of melting, glowing red hot.
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