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icing analysis

Fairchild FC-2, modified for icing flight tests.

A steam boiler heated by the engine exhaust heats a small test airfoil mounted beneath the wing.
A water spray is mounted in front of the test airfoil to provide simulated cloud conditions in flight.

from NACA-TR-403, "Ice Prevention by means of Engine Exhaust Heat and Technical Study of Heat Transmission from a Clark Y Airfoil", 1931

A high wing, single, radial engine airplane. The caption reads "Figure 24. Experimental installation on airplane"
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Jan 03, 2023, 02:41 PM·Public·Web
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