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beatlemaniac Sep 12, 2020 @ 9:26am
Pitot Heat in an XCub?
Nube question here. I'm doing the South America Bush Trip and am getting used to the XCub. I see a Carb Heat knob but not Pitot Heat. Does Carb Heat provide the same function?

Thanks!
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Maki Nishikino Sep 12, 2020 @ 9:59am 
No, they're not the same and the XCub doesn't have a heated pitot tube.
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Duke Sep 12, 2020 @ 10:11am 
Carb heat is for engine carburetor, if it ices up bad things can happen. Pitot heat is for the pitot tube which is for airspeed, if it ices up bad things can happen.
Last edited by Duke; Sep 12, 2020 @ 10:11am
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beatlemaniac Sep 12, 2020 @ 10:23am 
Many thanks!!
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Twelvefield Sep 12, 2020 @ 2:22pm 
The pitot is a little tube that is sensitive to air pressure. As air is forced into the tube, the pressure inside can be used to calculate airpseed. If the tube freezes, you won't get a proper airspeed value. If you have your aircraft on autopilot, then the autopilot will have the wrong airspeed value and may try to crash the plane.

Air France Flight 447 is perhaps the most disastrous case of a frozen pitot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

Chances are in an XCub even if the pitot does freeze you will be okay. If the carburetor freezes, your engine will seize and you will get some glider practice.
Last edited by Twelvefield; Sep 12, 2020 @ 2:23pm
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Sixer Feb 2, 2021 @ 2:48am 
in the real plane there is a pitot heat button on rightside of instrument panel , asobo forgot to add the button .. But Shift + H = pitot heat ON/OFF and works ingame for the Xcub.
Last edited by Sixer; Feb 2, 2021 @ 3:23am
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Maki Nishikino Feb 2, 2021 @ 3:07am 
Forgot about this thread. Anyways I found this...

http://forum.cubcrafters.com/showthread.php/953-pitot

Seems optional.
Last edited by Maki Nishikino; Feb 2, 2021 @ 3:09am
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★Macman★ Feb 2, 2021 @ 3:25am 
Originally posted by Sixer:
in the real plane there is a pitot heat button on rightside of instrument panel , asobo forgot to add the button .. But Shift + H = pitot heat ON/OFF and works ingame..
OMG the list of SHIFT+" " expands even more. What else is useful to know about like SHIFT+P for Pushback without having to wait for a Tug?
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Ziptop Feb 2, 2021 @ 4:21pm 
Shift + H!!!
I wish I had known that last night while I was hand flying an iced up X Cub for an hour+
The airframe eventually defrosted but the pitot never truly came back for the rest of the flight.
Oh well. One more thing to bind to the stream deck to stop me forgetting.
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