Aircraft Icing During Low-Level Flights

Abstract

The reasons why icing may hinder low and slow flights are presented. A crude measure of the potential of icing near the ground is presented and it is shown that, by this measure, icing may be a serious problem when flying over the higher terrain of central Europe. Some suggestions for improving the measure of icing potential are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078843

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Rapp

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force
  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Central Europe
  • Classification
  • Dew Point
  • Elevation
  • Europe
  • Ice Formation
  • Level Flight
  • Particles
  • Security
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies