Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:26:07 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.46] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2774009 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:09:39 -0500 Received: from h-67-100-47-2.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net ([67.100.47.2] helo=earthlink) by grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AP6un-0000Tj-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:09:37 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <000501c3b461$aa9932e0$6401a8c0@net.mindspring.com> From: "Scott Turner" X-Original-To: Subject: De-ice System on IV P X-Original-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:10:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C3B437.C0397DA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C3B437.C0397DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 IV P utilizes laminar flow, as I understand it, a small amount of ice = could become a=20 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C3B437.C0397DA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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

 

 

 

 

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