I made myself a personal minimums checklist after that. Some of the items I remember are:
Turn on full defrost prior to entering anything but blue sky. Turn off moving map, look at the HSI only for nav. Carry more speed than what you trained for. Get the F&*#$%G WINDS before you pick the runway!!! That was a bad day indeed. Bad day... From: Bruce Robertson Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Durable ice repellents I've managed to avoid that so far, thank you very much. Most I've gotten is about a half inch of mixed, and that scared the @#$% out of me. On 04/28/2016 12:46 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Not sure I would trust it. Once you get an inch of ice from supercooled liquid droplets, your worldview on ice changes... From: Bruce Robertson Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Durable ice repellents Lemme rephrase... a passive anti-ice that doesn't require refilling or inflating with air. And doesn't mean "don't fly in clouds." :-) On 04/28/2016 12:12 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: TKS From: Bruce Robertson Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Durable ice repellents I'm interested in it as a pilot. Gimme wings that don't ice up! On 04/28/2016 08:29 AM, Bill Prince wrote: This is the wrong time of year for this, but it sure would help for a lot of equipment icing issues some of you guys see in the winter time. This describes a polymer plus lubricant that can make a "durable" anti ice coating. Hey Chuck, bet you are interested in this? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-process-encourages-ice-slip-slide-away -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> !DSPAM:2,57226880154391766829559!
