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Old 8th Jan 2010, 06:08
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Krallu
 
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Pitot heat check?

I was flying in a C172 and saw that the pilot was doing this pitot heat check thing.

You needed to after startup put the pitot heat on and then check the amp meter and then turn it off again. You could see a little increase in amp usage when turning the pitot heat on.

Why on earth do you do this check?
And why using the pitot heat for this check?
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