"Tom Peel" wrote in message
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> Alpha Crucis Radio Network IT Admin schrieb:
>> I found that in Flight Simulator engines 9.1 and 10.0 icing is simulated
>> (if cold enough and a high enohgh altitude) that can make the
>> autothrottle
>> go hayware. Can something like that happen in a real airplane?
>>
> No, because real world pilots turn the pitot heating on, which you forgot
> to do.
> T.
>
Well, my point there is that an Airbus A340 can reach a maximum speed
of Mach 1.10, and a 747-500 a top speed of Mach 1.01, both at
an altitude of 37,000 feet, becuase when the autothrottle goes
haywire due to freexing, the engines go to full power, beucase the
autothrottle thinks you are going slower than you really are, and
I did have an A-340 300 top out at Mach 1.10, and a 737-500
top out at mach M 1.01
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