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Old 4th Oct 2003, 06:15
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Aesir
 
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Good article "taxying" but surely you have not had these ICE experinces in Hong Kong as your homebase indicates!

Mikila 1A. I don“t know where you operate, but the Super Puma pilots I know who operate in very real icing conditions are not to happy about the de-icing function on the AS-332.
Do you really fly in "REAL" icing conditions and do you feal that the rotor blade & T/R de-icing works satisfactory? I have heard some horror stories.

On the other hand.. I have talked to Russian špilot who fly the Mi-17 in heavy ising conditions in Siberia and they were very happy about the de-icing/anti-icing capabilities of the Mi-17. They have a little indicator on the left side (Captains side in Russian ships) that shows the ice buildup. They say that when the indicator almost disappears (its about 4cm long) they start to worry, but mainly due to increase in weight, the blades stay clean!
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