NACA Conference on Aircraft Ice Prevention - A Compilation of the Paper Presented by NACA Staff Members on 26-27 Jun 1947

• Other Authors: FLIGHT PROPULSION RESEARCH LAB CLEVELAND OH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1947
• Subjects: Aircraft; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE PREVENTION; ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONS; FLIGHT; HEAT; ICE; ICE FORMATION; LIGHTWEIGHT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING); RADIO EQUIPMENT; SYMPOSIA; WIRE; ATI-8695; ATI COLLECTION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA800876; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA800876

Discussion of research on design, development, and flight application of aircraft ice-prevention equipment. Subjects discussed are NACA research on the thermal ice-prevention system, flight investigation of meteorological factors conducive to aircraft icing, calculation of heat required for wing thermal ice-prevention in specified ice conditions, tension in radio antenna wires resulting from ice formation, analytical study of thermal ice-prevention systems applied to light aircraft, effect of ice formations on aircraft performance, etc. PDF updated 23 May 2012.