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Old 21st Dec 2007, 03:20
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Deiceman
 
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Deicing myths


Could not hold back here.

Deicing the S-92, or any other rotor, is, as Nick points out, a matter of encouraging the ice to shed when you want it to rather than preventing it or melting it.
To actually determine when to shed the ice is a matter of determining what size chunks you wish to shed. Once you determine that, the cloud water content, drop size and temperature tell you how often to zap the blade. -i.e the time and timing vary with conditions to keep the pieces the same size.
Then you show those pieces can't hurt you if they hit - and voila! you have a deicing system - be it Super Puma, S-92 or AW139.

Note - the 609 has anti-ice.............
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