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Old 08-21-2007 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jackal24
I was looking at the information on the CRJ-100/200 on SmartCockpit and in the section on icing protection, it does not mention the empennage. Is there any kind of ice protection on the empennage? Is the jet exhaust enough to keep it clear of contamination in flight?
The tail has no protection. Exhaust doesn't go anywhere near it...bombardier demonstrated that the horiz stab would still fly even if it was covered in ice. They tested this by glueing large styrofoam blocks in the shape of ice accumulation to the the stabs and then took it for a spin Glad their engineering math worked out on that...
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