sbalmos
Well Known Member
This is another one of those "does this exist?" ideas that I come up as I'm driving home from work. Has anyone ever heard of, or thought of doing, leading edge heating elements? I'm thinking of like a low-current screen or mesh, like is embedded in (most of) our cars' rear windows, bonded to the inside of the leading edges, especially the wings, which would warm up the skin just enough.
Before red alarms go off, this is by no means an excuse for FIKI. More along the lines of if you're flying along in the winter and start to collect the beginnings of light ice, some frost... or for that matter, if you're not hangared, kick this on during taxi and runup to slough off the morning frost that much more quickly.
Not saying it's a good idea in any means. I just happened to stare at the defroster wire screen in the rear of my car yesterday as I left work, and like I said, the brain went "what if?".
Excuse me while I go put on the flame-retardant suit for the inevitable "you're out of your mind / this is beyond stupid" replies.
Before red alarms go off, this is by no means an excuse for FIKI. More along the lines of if you're flying along in the winter and start to collect the beginnings of light ice, some frost... or for that matter, if you're not hangared, kick this on during taxi and runup to slough off the morning frost that much more quickly.
Not saying it's a good idea in any means. I just happened to stare at the defroster wire screen in the rear of my car yesterday as I left work, and like I said, the brain went "what if?".
Excuse me while I go put on the flame-retardant suit for the inevitable "you're out of your mind / this is beyond stupid" replies.