How long before they convert them to TKS is the quesiton. Unpressurized turboprops all suffer this problem to some degree.How long until the first one falls out of the sky due to ice in typical Cessna fashion? I predict the first full winter.
No, Cessnas suffer from this problem. Even piston twins from about anyone else with boots generally do better. The 99 has no problem in ice, nor the A90. The pa31 doesn't have a problem in ice, but the 402 is aweful.How long before they convert them to TKS is the quesiton. Unpressurized turboprops all suffer this problem to some degree.
No, Cessnas suffer from this problem. Even piston twins from about anyone else with boots generally do better. The 99 has no problem in ice, nor the A90. The pa31 doesn't have a problem in ice, but the 402 is aweful.
No, Cessnas suffer from this problem. Even piston twins from about anyone else with boots generally do better. The 99 has no problem in ice, nor the A90. The pa31 doesn't have a problem in ice, but the 402 is aweful.
Yup I flew the 99 in moderate icing all day on some bad winter days, handled it pretty well.
Ahh, what the crap here's some pics.
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FUN TIMES!
This looks like light icing? Where's the moderate?
That's a bit of frost.You mean you can't the see the chunks of peanut stuck to the wing son?
*shrugs* THAT'S SPACE PEANUT
That's a bit of frost.
I looked at those pictures and thought the same thing. I would have called that light rime, but I’ve never been the best at gaging the thickness of ice.This looks like light icing? Where's the moderate?
I looked at those pictures and thought the same thing. I would have called that light rime, but I’ve never been the best at gaging the thickness of ice.
I guess it’s all relative: I’ve picked up that much ice going SIT - JNU in May, and didn’t think much of it. Probably ignorance on my part! It’s reassuring to know that the descent into JNU is steep and that the Navajo does a good job in ice.
I looked at those pictures and thought the same thing. I would have called that light rime, but I’ve never been the best at gaging the thickness of ice.
I guess it’s all relative: I’ve picked up that much ice going SIT - JNU in May, and didn’t think much of it. Probably ignorance on my part! It’s reassuring to know that the descent into JNU is steep and that the Navajo does a good job in ice.
You don’t have the option to blow at 1 minute?If you're blowing the boots every 2-3 minutes and it hardly keeps up, and you've lost 30 knots I'd easily call it moderate. The pics are after the boots were cycled, the leftover ice wouldn't shed. Like I said fun times!I looked at those pictures and thought the same thing. I would have called that light rime, but I’ve never been the best at gaging the thickness of ice. I guess it’s all relative: I’ve picked up that much ice going SIT - JNU in May, and didn’t think much of it. Probably ignorance on my part! It’s reassuring to know that the descent into JNU is steep and that the Navajo does a good job in ice.
That’s what she saidYou don’t have the option to blow at 1 minute?