Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447
by reledi on Thursday December 08, 2011 @12:22AM
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I agree. I know little about aviation, but wouldn't it be better if the sensors would automatically de-ice themselves rather than only being de-iced at the pilots' command?
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Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447
by jonah on Thursday December 08, 2011 @01:40AM
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I believe they're continually heated.
At least every one I've seen is labeled "heated probe" or the like which probably wouldn't be necessary if they had to be manually de-iced.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/pitot-tubes_...
