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Old 12th Dec 2008, 14:34
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Castle Don
 
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And Propellers!

Just to keep this going ad nauseam.... Runback Ice can occur on propeller blades also, causing significant thrust losses.

Personally, I have only seen it associated with composite blades, where the heat from the electrical leading edge "mat" doesn't get conducted back into the body of the blade.....therefore the melted ice runs back and immediately re-freezes.
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