Ice Bridging

[dasleben]

Exactly. I was glad I had heated wings and Cowls the other night. Moderate Rime Rime on approach and while getting vectored.

You guys actually hit that button?

 

[Bandit_Driver]

You guys actually hit that button?

Yeah, engine heat is used a lot. Wing heat gets used maybe 2-3x a year. It has to be really crappy to turn on the wings and it was. Huge bleed hit to run it. You just watch the epr roll back when it opens.

 

[scooter2525]

Just like the ice vanes on a PT-6. Turn those on, and watch the torque drop. Funny design. When you need the most power, a system designed to protect the plane takes that power away.

 

[derg]

Just like the ice vanes on a PT-6. Turn those on, and watch the torque drop. Funny design. When you need the most power, a system designed to protect the plane takes that power away.

We used to call them "torque suppressors".

 

[ppragman]

We used to call them "torque suppressors".

"The Boards" or also, the "Descent Enhancers"

 

[Autothrust Blue]

We used to call them "torque suppressors".

Anti-climb switches is what the SF3 folks called the anti-icing system controls.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

You guys actually hit that button?

Now, now, we don't hit buttons, we press them.

 

[dasleben]

Now, now, we don't hit buttons, we press them.

Actually if you fly Boeing, you press the switch!

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Just like the ice vanes on a PT-6. Turn those on, and watch the torque drop. Funny design. When you need the most power, a system designed to protect the plane takes that power away.

We have the ram air recovery system so it is a negligible loss of torque.

 

[STS-41B]

I can't remember if I brought it up before on here, but this ice season again reminds me of how wrong the FAA is on this topic. That is all.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Actually if you fly Boeing, you press the switch!

Indeed, indeed. I got hollered at a few times at the school house for saying "reach up there and hit _____."

 

[dasleben]

Indeed, indeed. I got hollered at a few times at the school house for saying "reach up there and hit _____."

We had some southern boys in new-hire whose memory items included "reach up and mash that button."

 

[Autothrust Blue]

We had some southern boys in new-hire whose memory items included "reach up and mash that button."

BAGG EXTG button — MASH

 

[SurferLucas]

We had some southern boys in new-hire whose memory items included "reach up and mash that button."

I resemble that comment! It's fun to watch a check airman look at you sideways after you say something like "mash" or "yaw damp-ner"...

In the PacNW this year it hasn't been as bad as years past, but from first hand experience flying in all parts of the US, coming across the Cascades at night in the Q400, you can get some NASTY ice. To the point where the airplane grows horns.

 

[z987k]

I resemble that comment! It's fun to watch a check airman look at you sideways after you say something like "mash" or "yaw damp-ner"...

In the PacNW this year it hasn't been as bad as years past, but from first hand experience flying in all parts of the US, coming across the Cascades at night in the Q400, you can get some NASTY ice. To the point where the airplane grows horns.

It has been down right pleasant thus far.

 

[Bandit_Driver]

Anti-climb switches is what the SF3 folks called the anti-icing system controls.

Lol. I remember that in the Saab. FL 250 get into ice, flip the switch and ask for a descent.

 

[jhugz]

We've had an incredibly mild winter so far in the Dakota's, probably means we'll just get crapped on during Jan.

 

[gotWXdagain]

We've had an incredibly mild winter so far in the Dakota's, probably means we'll just get crapped on during Jan.

Look on the bright side, the clouds will be too cold for icing.

 

[Polar742]

You could actually watch the ice expand. Probably blew it first with a 1/2 inch. In cruise I probably would have let it build a bit more but I was trying to climb through it to get on top.

Isn't "bridging" when the boots expand, push the ice out without the ice not breaking. Once the boots retract, a cavity is formed, then when you blow the boots again, the boots only fill in the cavity?

Sounds like the ice didn't shed in your case....

 

[Pilotforhire587]

Isn't "bridging" when the boots expand, push the ice out without the ice not breaking. Once the boots retract, a cavity is formed, then when you blow the boots again, the boots only fill in the cavity?

Sounds like the ice didn't shed in your case....

Well you were correct until you used that double negative. Now you just sound stupid.