REFLECTOR: IFR and icing question

Scott Baker scottb33333 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 16:29:50 CDT 2012


Hello Peter,
There have been several reports on the Reflector that speak to your 
question.
One story comes from Jack Sheehan (Seaford, VA) on a flight in the 
pacific northwest.  Give Jack a call to discuss details.
Bottom line is that the aircraft will ice, that the windscreen is also 
prone to ice, that the aircraft continues to fly - and that if caught in 
icing conditions, the suggested action is to add some speed while 
looking for an "out".
To the best of my knowledge, prop ice has not been a factor, nor has ice 
that has been shed hitting the propeller.
Never been there myself.  Imagine icing encounter is a sobering experience.
Best,
Scott Baker


On 10/16/2012 12:07 PM, Peter Braswell wrote:
> All,
> A friend of mine and I were talking about IFR flying this morning when 
> he posed an interesting question.
>
> While we both know that flying into known icing conditions in an A/C 
> not properly equipped is a strict no-no, it does sometimes happen that 
> we pick up rime ice or structural ice until we can get out of the 
> conditions causing it.  For anybody that has had this type of 
> experience in the Velocity, are there any special considerations 
> specific to this aircraft?  For example, does the canard become 
> critical quickly causing pitch issues?  The wing?  The prop?
>
> Interested to hear an experience with regard to the Velocity, IFR and 
> marginal weather.
>
> -Peter
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