"The least that you need to know"

Public domain image by Donald Cook

Summary

The Basics introduce core concepts and vocabulary of aircraft icing with images, "the least that you need to know".

Discussion

The Basics seek to facilitate initial learning about aircraft icing by:

• focus on the needs of beginning learners
• readily connecting to other resources for further learning
• maximizing reuse
• maximizing access

Other sources may not do these well.

Background

One of the most-read posts that I have written was A Gentle Introduction to Aircraft Icing, so I think that there is interest in this topic.

My learning experience

I got a MSME degree from the University of Wisconsin Internal Combustion Engine lab. That prepared me well for some aspects of aircraft icing (heat transfer, thermodynamics, drop physics, computational fluid dynamics). However, that by itself was not enough.

When I started in an Aircraft Systems design group, it …

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