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Old 29th May 2011, 16:27
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Graybeard
 
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ECAM, how would you prevent the secondary pitots from icing up?

Better to have pitot probe heat robust enough not to allow icing up.

Then educate the autopilot to go into pitch and power hold mode at loss of airspeed, and remain, engaged, in Normal.
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