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Old 05-15-2011, 10:10 PM
Blackdog_kt Blackdog_kt is offline
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Originally Posted by jf1981 View Post
When flying through clouds, I got a surprise, ice mades its way on the windows ! It does disappear after a while. Altimeter becomes crazy in clouds.





Turn on the pitot heaters when flying in or near clouds to correct your altimeter problems, airspeed gauge can be affected too.

Also, when flying in aircraft with a carburetor, turn on your carb heat. I flew through a cloud yesterday in a G.50 to see what would happen (there's no carb heat on the G.50) and sure enough, shortly before exiting the cloud my engine seized.
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