Aircraft Icing
Wondering if someone could help.
I was talking to someone this weekend who flies piston twins. He was saying that if you get significant ice build up and can't maintain altitude (through weight increase or engine loss) that you find what the stall speed of the aircraft has increased to and then try to fly just above it.
After thinking about it later on I was wondering about the ice build up. Surely it will not be uniform across the aircraft and you will get a different build up on each wing. Therefore the wings will have different stall speeds. As you try to find the stall speed couldn't you then find yourself in a spin as one wing stalls before the other?
Does every company have the same procedure for severe icing?
If you were already low would you want to risk stalling the aircraft in an unknown condition?
Cheers
Edited to remove mistakes caused due to a heavy weekend!! Cheers for pointing that one out GT!
[This message has been edited by Capt Wannabee (edited 02 July 2001).]