Posted for "Bryan J. Burr" <bjburr@mwheli.com>:

I have been reading these messages regarding ice and induction systems.
I don't fly in ice and am not instrument rated.  I do fly a Lancair ES
with the TSIO 550 E Engine.  It seems that heating the induction system
would be a great benefit.  This may be a simple, an maybe inadequate
idea, but there is available battery powered heating pads.  You can buy
heated suits when you ride a motorcycle in cold weather.  They plug into
a jack and run off of the battery/electrical rotor system of the
motorcycle.  They have the same thing for snowmobiles.

Even if someone were to buy a heated snowmobile suit, cut it into
pieces, and lay it up into the induction system, it would seem that if
it were turned on early before ice accumulation the problem may be
averted.  It is an inexpensive experiment.  Probably on a few hundred
bucks.

Just and idea.  It may not get hot enough.

Bryan Burr
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