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Old 23rd Apr 2010, 16:59
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Also the engine cooling air-intake is behind the gear - I would have thought not ideal for contaminated runway operations
I suspect that the engine intake will pick up icing before the leading edges or prop - that is usually the case on propeller aircraft. If the optical camera can be turned and focused on that air-intake, then I guess the operators will use that as their icing warning. It would depend on the focal accomodation of the optical system though.
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