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I broke the speedometer...


Gunfreak

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Don't know how I did it, as was crusing towards base after an inefectual bombing run on the frist mission of the Hunters over the Yalu campaign. I suddenly saw that it was showing something like 100 knots, while I obviously wasn't flying at 100knots, and then it just died competly, showing zero speed. So I had to land without knowing my speed, it was a bit more guessing then I wanted but I got it down. 
But how did I break it? I was flying towards base slowing decending from some 9000 feet to 4000 feet, that's when I noticed it, but exactly when I broke it I don't know. 

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Ice? Not sure if it's modelled, but IRL this can happen in the right conditions, e.g. descending through cloud. There is a pitot heater switch on the left forward console.
It is. Not sure if I ever experienced it in the Sabre, but I was taught the hard way in the Caucasus hard landing mission for the C-101.

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The airspeed indicator will stop if the pitot is exposed to ice.  Make sure you activate your Pitot Heat and it will prevent the issue from happening.

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