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Old 8th Jun 2009, 14:31
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Pitot Design

All I've read implies the airspeed goes to zero when the pitot tube ices over. Do these Thales pitot have a small drain hole that allows the impact air to bleed off to zero? Otherwise, the airspeed indicator should show the speed at which total freezing occured.

Does the system complexity of the A-3xx cause pitot icing to have more gravity than in a simpler airliner?
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