How Does Snow and Ice Affect Passenger Aircraft?
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You'd think that things would get a whole lot more difficult once we got into the air but in fact it gets a whole lot simpler. A commercial passenger carrying plane spends most of its life at temperatures a long way below freezing. So on almost every flight a plane will have its engine de-icers turned on. | You'd think that things would get a whole lot more difficult once we got into the air but in fact it gets a whole lot simpler. A commercial passenger carrying plane spends most of its life at temperatures a long way below freezing. So on almost every flight a plane will have its engine de-icers turned on. | ||
| - | It's only rarely that a jet aircraft will use its wing anti icing system. However planes that fly at lower altitudes will often collect ice on the front edge of the wings and tail plane when flying through cloud. One way of removing the ice is to blow hot air from the engines along the front edge of the wings and tail plane. Some planes have electrically heated warmers along the front of the wings and tail. But the one that you can see working in the air, if you can see the wings is the system that uses inflatable rubber tubes. The pilot waits for the ice to settle on the wings then turns the system on and air from the engines inflates then so that the ice breaks off mechanically. Flying in wintry conditions should not be compared with how we drive in the same conditions. - [http://www.uk-gritting.com | + | It's only rarely that a jet aircraft will use its wing anti icing system. However planes that fly at lower altitudes will often collect ice on the front edge of the wings and tail plane when flying through cloud. One way of removing the ice is to blow hot air from the engines along the front edge of the wings and tail plane. Some planes have electrically heated warmers along the front of the wings and tail. But the one that you can see working in the air, if you can see the wings is the system that uses inflatable rubber tubes. The pilot waits for the ice to settle on the wings then turns the system on and air from the engines inflates then so that the ice breaks off mechanically. Flying in wintry conditions should not be compared with how we drive in the same conditions. - [http://www.uk-gritting.com winter maintainance] |
