Type 4 De-icing Fluid
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Blighty
Check your company's SBs or Tech News There was something out about this a few months ago.
Type iv fluid drys out and forms a powder which when soaked again swells up to a much larger volume which can then refreeze inside flying control areas.
Hope this helps.
Type iv fluid drys out and forms a powder which when soaked again swells up to a much larger volume which can then refreeze inside flying control areas.
Hope this helps.
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: over here
Yeah, we've had the same - we try to avoid Type IV but it's all that certain airports use (we also had a problem with PRG using sand on the runway during the winter, but that's a different issue) So every 'A' check we get the engineers up onto the flying controls to rehydrate any residue and then wash it all out.
