Ice on Pitot

[Emanuele]

Dear Mr. Dowson,

i'm a little VB.NET developer who works to create a PIREP/ACARS sistem for a little VA

called "Wind Jet Virtual" http://www.lirrfir.org/Windjet/

This PIREP/ACARS sistem must works both F9 and FSX.

I'm traing to emulate some emergencies and one of these is "ICE on PITOT"

Reading both FSUIPC for Programmers and FSUIPC4 Offsets Status

i've found only the offset 034A who seem works only in read mode and only in FSX.

Also i've tried to use this offset using FSInterrogate, with no results.

More, i've read the document called list of FS2004 (FSX) controls, and the only

one control who can help me is "TOGGLE_PITOT_BLOCKAGE".

Can You confirm to me that the only way to simulate the ice on pitot is

to toggle off the pitot or i can use the 034A offset?

And if the reply is "use 034A", can You explain to me how use the offset?

Thanks in advance, regards

Emanuele Bettinazzi

Palermo - Sicily- Italy

[Pete Dowson]

I'm traing to emulate some emergencies and one of these is "ICE on PITOT"

Reading both FSUIPC for Programmers and FSUIPC4 Offsets Status

i've found only the offset 034A who seem works only in read mode and only in FSX.

Correct. That's the only read-out I'm aware of. It comes from the SimConnect variable "PITOT ICE PCT". I don't know of any way to create ice yourself. You'd have to try to simulate the results of ice instead.

Also i've tried to use this offset using FSInterrogate, with no results.

Writing to a read-only offset, you mean?

More, i've read the document called list of FS2004 (FSX) controls, and the only

one control who can help me is "TOGGLE_PITOT_BLOCKAGE".

I don't actually know what that does, if anything at all.

Can You confirm to me that the only way to simulate the ice on pitot is

to toggle off the pitot or i can use the 034A offset?

I really think you have to simulate the results, not try to be a cause. Check the fail mode offsets starting at 0B62. I think you'd fail the ASI and Pitot, though I don't know if the latter works.

Regards

Pete

[Emanuele]

Correct. That's the only read-out I'm aware of. It comes from the SimConnect variable "PITOT ICE PCT". I don't know of any way to create ice yourself. You'd have to try to simulate the results of ice instead.

Writing to a read-only offset, you mean?

Ja!

Usually in Italy we love say: The Hope is the last to die :)

I don't actually know what that does, if anything at all.

I really think you have to simulate the results, not try to be a cause. Check the fail mode offsets starting at 0B62. I think you'd fail the ASI and Pitot, though I don't know if the latter works.

Regards

Pete

I understood and Thanks for Your help!

Have a nice Day

Emanuele