Icing limits
Droopystop
Many thanks for that.
Are there any other restrictions? eg max tq rise associated with increase in AUM as ice builds on everywhere except the rotors?
A RIPS will keep you in control (unlike one or two documented cases of Sea Kings of various Mks flying into icing at FL60 or thereabouts), but it does nothing to prevent your AUM going through the roof as ice accumulates on the fuselage, which in the nastier corners of the 10000' / -40 clearance is a virtual certainty. The Sea King clearance, limited as it is, recognises this and imposes limits to give crews a basis for saying no. Is there anything in the S92 clearance that considers the effects of icing other than control / lift loss?
Sven