Full Ice Protection System (FIPS)
Somebody with the STC/kit detail want to post the downside?
- Cost of installed kit
- Fuel burn penalty
- PBH cost increase (I've heard an extra $500/hr just to cover the cost of the blades)
- Weight of kit
- Performance penalty
- Fuel burn increase (not like the 139 can afford much more)
Like a castor oil pill, FIPS might be good for you but it's going to have a horrible taste when you explain to your boss that he's got to fly by himself and without his briefcase.