Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
Limited exposure or not, I picked up severe (yes, severe) icing on approach to DEN. Even w/tail anti-icing on the Jungle Jet there were four inches of Rime in 20 seconds covering the aircraft. Glad I wasn't in the CRJ...Limited exposure? Thanks but no thanks!
I've picked up some serious ice on the tail of the CRJ and never noticed a difference in handling. No biggie. I'll try to dig up the ice certification videos for the Challenger. Trust me- they build up a heck of a lot more than 4" of ice on the plane (all surfaces) during the certification tests. Those guys have to have guts to fly behind a tanker spraying water at FL300.