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Old 4th Feb 2006, 17:20
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ShyTorque

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Icing conditions exist from 0C to about minus 10 C, where supercooled water droplets may exist, just waiting for a nice helicopter to freeze onto. Not nice.

Outside that temperature band, there is little problem on most turbine helicopters, subject to the RFM advice.
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