"Icing is as close to pure witchcraft engineering as you can get."
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Figure 13 of NACA-TN-1598. Formation of ice from flight on horizontal stabilizer. Average icing rate, 4 inches per hour; liquid-water content, 0.4 grams per cubic meter; drop size, 17 microns. (Painted stripes are 1 inch wide, indicating an ice thickness of about 2 inches.)
Summary
This website was written with people in mind (engineers, aerodynamicists) who already know something about aircraft and aircraft icing.
To make it a little more understandable to others, I summarize here the assumed common knowledge, with a few of the key technical terms.
Discussion
Airplanes require lift from the wings in order to fly. This lift is produced due to details of the air flowing over the well-shaped wing.
Ice may form on airplanes in flight in certain weather conditions. The ice changes the shape of the wing …
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