I am pondering whether to install a de-icing system on the IV P I am building.  Relatively recently Ice Management Systems de-icing system became available. It seems to be a good approach, in that it draws a reasonable amount of DC power, requires no consumable fluids and does not add a substantial amount of weight to the aircraft.

 

I am building my IV P to be a traveling aircraft.  I have no intentions to encounter known

icing but rather consider having such a system as a safeguard in the event that rime ice

builds from, for example, descending through a cloud layer for an approach.  In that the

IV P utilizes laminar flow, as I understand it, a small amount of ice could become a

substantial hazard.  I am a near 700-hour pilot and have never encountered icing but also

never got much into winter cross-country flying.

 

For those of you who are veterans of winter cross-country flying – is installing such a system something that should be seriously considered?

 

Your comments would be most welcome regarding this subject.

 

95% done with about 6 months to go!

 

Thanks,  Scott Turner