----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected] > I don't think increasing the air velocity will do it as airplanes flying > several hundred miles per hour suffer ice forming on their wings.
REPLY Well Norm I don't know if you ever had a beard, but when I go out in winter I have to blow out, not just breathe out or else I end up with hoar frost coating my beard. By blowing out; the moist air gets far enough away from my face so it doesn't stick and coat my beard. Yes, at high velocity you can get icing but only when Mr. Bernoulli gets in the act. Carb icing is the same thing. The presssure drop resulting from the higher velocity in the old carburetor venturi resulted in 'carb icing' which is why airplanes have carb heaters. <smile> And you get wing icing on the upper surface not underneath. Not having a beard heater; I resort to 'blowing hard' in frosty weather. Now I suppose I will be accused of being a blow hard. <VBG> Maybe I better shave off the beard. Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
