Okay now lets think about this.... When a fellas got those two big fans on
top.... ( vaguely looking like Two palm trees fornicating in a depsty
dumpster) and he's getting Ice thrown at his nappy butt.... well it would be
my guess that Ice is going to build up on the leading edges of the
rotors...and then with all that centrifugal force thing going on... some of
it's going to shed off..... leaving the poor white faced fella somewhat out
of balance.... unless of course you consider the brown shorts....
Keith ( I have never left the ground with an aircraft that didn't meet
goverment specifications.... once in the air occasionally that changes... as
does the colour de shorts )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon E. Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>; "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 8:21 AM
Subject: Non-LSR - helicopter stuff
> Hey Keith, where are you when we've got choppers overhead testing?
> It's interesting, thought I'd share this as a way of letting all of you
> know we really are 'way up north. You're all having spring -- we're
> still doing winter testing.
>
> Two helicopters and a plane are flying around overhead as I write. A
> couple of companies are trying to get the contract to build a new
> 'copter for military/Presidential use, and they're spending a few weeks
> up here testing de-icing strategies. The aircraft under test is
> following right behind one of those big ones with two overhead fans,
> which is towing a rig that sprays water - which turns to ice
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