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Old 29th May 2010, 10:55
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Originally Posted by TheShadow;#1256
a progressively ice-accumulating pitot head would cause an “indicated” airspeed drop-off
I would think that with a progressively ice-accumulating pitot head nothing changes in the “indicated” airspeed until the pitot opening is almost completely closed, i.e. its opening is of the same order as the drain hole. After that, things happen fairly rapidly.

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