Stingray Don
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New Tech To Prevent Icing
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Shepherd
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Interesting.
Also interesting that they don't actually show the coating.
Also interesting that they don't actually show the coating.
Kenny Phillips
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It requires sunlight to work. Generally, icing is less of an issue in sunlight.
flyingcheesehead
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Unfortunately, there have been several of these miracle coatings that have been announced, but nothing is actually being used in practice. 
Let'sgoflying!
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Number of times I've had icing when sunlight was available. Zero.
Cap'n Jack
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Yep. The inventor forgot about the "visible moisture" part of ice forming. Getting above the clouds also stops ice.
Clip4
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Sprayed on = washed off when droplets hit leading edge at 120 mph.
flyingcheesehead
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If that were true, there wouldn't be any IFR aircraft with paint.
Zeldman
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In Alaska we would just spray Pam Original Canola cooking oil on the leading edges and call it good....
flyingcheesehead
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ktup-flyer
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put a ceramic coating on your wings. No water, no ice