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Old 8th Sep 2011, 13:38
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Apparently, the MU-2 was renowned for ice accumulation on the underside of the fuselage. The more ice you accrued, the higher AoA required to maintain altitude and the larger the surface area that was subsequently presented for further accumulation.

Nasty results.
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