REFLECTOR: Anti-Ice

[Christopher Martin]

I was flying at about 8,000 feet at cloud base and had picked up 1/2" of
ice and noticed that the engine began to over heat and finally the angle of
attack warning came on at 135 KNTS indicated. I dropped out of the cloud
base and the ice came off relatively quickly.

In addition to the plane struggling to fly at 135 KNTS the intakes had
begun to ice over which resulted in the high temps. The biggest scare was
when a big sheet of ice came off of the canard. I was afraid it might go
into the prop.

Christopher Martin
christophercmartin at earthlink.net



> [Original Message]
> From: Kirk <dd at visi.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Date: 8/22/2006 6:47:00 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Anti-Ice
>
> I picked up 1/2" once, couldn't climb above 8000' to get out of it, as
both 
> the flying surfaces and the prop were collecting ice, so descended below
MEA 
> (had to declare an emergency), where I knew the temps were high enough to 
> begin melting the ice off, or at least not accumulate any more.  Landed
with 
> some ice still on the canard, which increased the stall speed probably 15
- 
> 20 kts.  Best to avoid it altogether.
> - Kirk
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Hallsten" <KeithHallsten at quiknet.com>
> To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Anti-Ice
>
>
> >I think the general consensus is the ice is best avoided with the
Velocity.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> > Behalf Of Lawrence J. Epstein,MD
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 1:03 PM
> > To: reflector at tvbf.org
> > Subject: REFLECTOR: Anti-Ice
> >
> > I posed this question a few months ago and didn't get a single response,
> > so I figured I would try again:
> >
> >>
> >>What is the group's experience with Icing in the Velocity?
> >>
> >>Has anyone installed any Anti-Ice or De-Icing systems.
> >>
> >>Anyone consider E-vade or Thermawing Tape?
> >
> >
> >> Has anyone tried to apply the "percussive tape" technology
> > (www.iceengineering.com) to an aircraft?
> >>Larry Epstein
> >>173 FGE
> >>
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