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Old 5th Aug 2009, 04:22
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WhyIsThereAir
 
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Even ignoring the heat, there is significant fuel flow, several times the idle and cruise requirements. Ice has a fairly hard time sticking to reasonably smooth tube in high flow conditions. So the flow itself would likely prevent ice buidup. The heat would also help, even if a fair amount of it was lost by the time the recirculation got back to the tank inlet.
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