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LMAO ok it will sound dumb but I'm just a beginner (A) , lol so here's the question , alot of times when I'm flying the aircraft , suddenly the speed meter turns to 0 and keeps like that for a while or sometimes even the whole flight can you guys help me about that ?

That means that your pitot tube has iced up due to the weather conditions.
Basically put, it is an instrument that measures aircraft airspeed using ram-air pressure.

Most aircraft have a switch or button in the cockpit that activates "Pitot Heat". Activate that, wait a minute or two (can't remember how long it takes in FS), and your problem will be solved.

Oh, and there is no such thing as a dumb question, just dumb answers. 

awww sean Love ya! thanks but is there something called pitot heat or is it the anti ice button ?

With everything I've seen, Pitot Heat is usually a separate button. The Anti-Ice button usually just handles icing issues on the wings and possibly the engines (although the engines usually have their own switch too.)


If an aircraft has an anti-ice button, I would be willing to bet that it has a dedicated Pitot Heat button somewhere, but having a Pitot Heat button does not guarantee that an aircraft has a full anti-ice system. *Like the default Cessna for example. Pitot Heat, but that's it.

Thanx xxx

Well seems that your question has been answered. So I move on to another topic.

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