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Old 27th May 2017, 18:20
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booze
 
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Hi,

I believe it's a rotary ice detector: when powered, it rotates and as ice accumulates and contacts the fixed triangle shaped part, it causes a higher torque demand thus indicating possible ice build up on the structure of the aircraft. The Let L-410 has something similiar.
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