In a message dated 4/12/2005 9:04:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
canarder@frontiernet.net writes:
Or talk
to someone who ran the Air Venture race from NC to Dayton to OSH in '93.
Some of the plastic planes accumulated so many bugs in a swarm near Dayton
that it affected the flying surfaces and a couple of guys had to land at >
100 kias because the wings wouldn't fly any slower.
Like they were
in ice ... Jim S.
Jim, You hit on the one REAL likely failure mode for a filtered inlet, ICE!
All FI certified aircraft are required to have an alternate air source for this
reason. All the other possible problems mentioned are somewhat remote.
Icing an air filter is a very real possibility. 2 sources is best.