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Old 24th April 2005 | 04:53
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psycho joe
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From: shivering in the cold dark shadow of my own magnificence.
I agree entirely with the <10 deg AND vis moisture line of thought. Having said that I believe that pitot heat is anti-ice and not an anti rain/cloud device. I've flown in some pretty nasty down poors in northern Oz, PNG, Solomons etc and have never seen a pitot blocked by rain let alone cloud. Lastly I think leaving heat on when it's not necessary is just plain lazy.
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