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What are the rules regarding known icing and
experimentals.
I don't know the real answer to that but I THINK
the answer is
you'll never get an experimental approved for known
icing.
Part of (the main part) of known icing
certification as it was explained
to me is that the airplane has to continue flying
xx (20?) minutes after
a complete de-ice system failure at yy droplet size
at zz accumulation rate.
I'd guess that's a flunk for any skinny wing
plastic airplane.
On the other hand, where I live, you are not going
anywhere in the winter without
going through a few thousand feet of cloud that is
in the ice making temp range.
Leaving out the freezing rain days, clear ice days,
and ice to the ground days,
de-ice capability would make an operational
difference.
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