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Posted for "Craig Berland" <cberland@systems3.net>:
David,
Thanks for the response. Colyn Case and I have kicking this issue around off
the LML for a month or so. I agree with you the TKS system is the most
reliable proven system. A lot of people swear by them. I do believe the IMS
system is simple and elegant if it works. The problem is I don't know
anybody who has flown one in icing conditions.
Do you know what the fluid usage rate for the prop only is?
Craig Berland
the hope is that the slinger ring will provide icing protection for the
windshield as well as the inlets and fuselage. time will tell but tks
is a proven product. downside is the messy heavy fluid and lack of
prefabbed tanks to hold the fluid for our lancairs. our builder BRIAN
ALLEY designed a beautiful very functional though slightly complicated
and labor intensive custom tank system using space mainly in the wing
root fairings(thereby minimizing cg issues) as well as a small filler
tank in the front floor of the baggage compartment. time will tell
total capacity but it should be somewhere in the 4+ gallon range which i
believe is more than cirrrus has. though a potentially fairly heavy
sytem, imho as of 6/14/05 this is the most reliable proven system for
anti/deicing(other than not flying when there are clouds in the sky).
obviously the goal is to avoid icing but i feel safer knowing that there
is a plan b if absolutely needed.
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