Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Ice prevention
Patent
1996-06-19
1999-07-13
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Ice prevention
244134A, B64D 1500
Patent
active
059215020
ABSTRACT:
An electro-thermal or hot gas anti-icer of the "running-wet" type is mounted at the leading edge of an airfoil. Mechanical de-icers are mounted on the surfaces aft of the anti-icer. The mechanical de-icers throw off ice without creating runback water, thereby eliminating runback refreeze ridges caused by a known hybrid ice-protection system. Advantageously, the de-icers are of a type in which the airfoil has a semi-rigid skin that forms an aerodynamic surface of the airfoil, and in which there is at least one mechanical actuator for flexing the skin.
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Al-Khalil Kamel M.
Ferguson Thomas F. W.
Phillips Dennis M.
Cox & Company, Inc.
Jordan Charles T.
Wesson Theresa M.
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