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Old 1st May 2011, 02:19
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RatherBeFlying
 
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With an airspeed of 0, I would suspect a porous blockage -- likely various bug bits. Mud dauber wasps block off the pitot completely. I once was on a takeoff run on a short runway that ended with a downslope to a ravine when I noticed that the ASI had not come alive; so, took the problem into the air.

I talked to ATC and got some groundspeeds, then decided to try some stalls at higher altitude. As I climbed the ASI went up -- and came down when I descended. Basically the ASI had become an altimeter There was not much daylight left and ATC offered to take me in at the big airport, but I figured I had enough time to try a landing, flew the power settings I usually do and landed just fine.

Once you are used to flying a particular airplane, You can generally do fine without the ASI.
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