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Old 6th January 2004 | 17:04
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FlyingForFun

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If you lose your pitot/static in IMC, the back-up is to use "Power + Attitude = Performance."
I would have thought if you loose your static, the first thing to do is to switch to the alternative static source. If that doesn't work, or you don't have one, the next thing to do is to break the glass on the front of the VSI.

If you loose your pitot, the only instrument which will be affected would be the ASI, so you can fly fairly accurately by setting the right power, and using a combination of AI and Altimeter/VSI to set exactly the right attitude.

Just curious on your thoughts on this one - I'm probably about as inexperienced at actual instrument flying as it's possible for an IMC-holder to be, but I would have thought that it's very rare that "Power + Attitude = Performance" really is all you have to go on if you don't have the use of a GPS?

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