WIPERs
Mazda did that with the rear window wiper on my RX-7 30 years ago to reduce noise and drag.
I'm somewhat surprised it's taken the aircraft manufactures this long to catch up
I'm somewhat surprised it's taken the aircraft manufactures this long to catch up
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The first aircraft I flew that had pretty good wipers was the 747-400. At leaast that was my experience. The 777 seems pretty good as well and someone decided to give us a nice intermittent mode. All the truboprops and old Boeings were crap.
That squirty stuff in the 146 ran rings around the wipers.
Same here on my non-SAAB! 
I must admit the Saab has good wiper blades except the speed choices.. off, super fast or having a seizure bat**** crazy fast.
Didn't the CV880 /990 use bleed air for rain removal ?
I imagine that was noisy but effective.
I imagine that was noisy but effective.
The bloke who designed the wipers for the Dash 8 Q400 must have been told at 1658 on Friday "bugger, we forgot the wipers. Quick design something".
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The Q400 wipers are identical to the 'Classic' Dash.
Our outfit they usually try and stop the wipers when they are kind of vertical. Reduces noise considerably.
Still look like they are having a seizure when they are operating
Our outfit they usually try and stop the wipers when they are kind of vertical. Reduces noise considerably.
Still look like they are having a seizure when they are operating
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Many aircraft don't even have wipers. I know that some use a rain-dispersant coating on the 'glazing', so if that works why go to the trouble of fitting wipers in the first place?
Last edited by FixClrEnt; 16th Nov 2016 at 11:16.
