Darkbarly
I hear what you're saying but where would you place the temperature sensors?
There are studies being carried out to look at monitoring skin temperature with IR thermometers, but it is early days.
My concerns are symmetrical application using one vehicle, while it is possible as per the guidelines my concerns would be;
fluid quality on the side that is sprayed first and that which is sprayed last, ie maximum disparity on main lifting surfaces =maximum possibility of assymmetry.
representative surfaces for pilots to view; better to spray wings first tail last.
time taken to complete the process i.e. application eroding holdover.
sectional de-icing and anti-icing with one vehicle in active conditions.
understanding the snowfencing phenomena (a big gotcha)
and as you've said aircraft skin temperatures versus ambient temperature.
Last edited by safewing; 5th Jan 2013 at 15:24.