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Just read an
after-the-crash account of a Cirrus with a
weeping wing system that went down in ice. The article noted that 1.) in
preventative mode the tanks held only 60 min. of fluid and if used during actual
accretion the time was 30 minutes. and 2.) removal of ice already on the wing
was problematic and not guaranteed. The plane also employed the Cirrus
get-out-of-jail card and the 'chute failed to get the plane down, possibily
operated beyond its speed envelope.
All our de-ice systems are tools to bail out of a
situation into which we have inadvertantly inserted ourselves, but this wet wing
seems to have a few more limitations. I have heard that RDD is working on
a separate alternator hot wing system for the PT (and perhaps the
Evolution?) so you might contact them.
I write this sitting on the ground in the Midwest
staring at our traditionally grey and ice-filled skies.
Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES
I want to get a de-ice system for the Lancair IV-P-TURBINE powered . I am
interested in any opinions or suggestions on what is available and what can be
used. the system mike custard was selling is now not available.
(does anyone have his system and want to sell it?) the thermal wing is
available but the alternator for this system draws too much H.Q. for the turbine
acc. drive. I was told about 10 HP what about the weeping
wing system . is it still available , is it any good , is it time consuming to
install? is there something else out there?.................thanks for any
info please email me at martinheisler@hotmail.com
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