Nice job. One comment I feel I have to make is regarding your advice on waiting for a little accumulation before you activate the boots. While you’re waiting for a quarter inch or so of ice to accumulate on the wing which is easy to see you have already accumulated much more than that on the tail which you cannot see. The reason for that as you may know is because the stabilizer is a much thinner surface with much less of a bow wave deflecting ice forming moisture before it hits the leading edge. So it’s best not only with this plane but all the others that you follow the manufacturers direction since they have designed it and then tested it 1000 different ways. Thanks for this on your other videos. Well done.
@@GeneStuart Question on the 60sec cycles. You mentioned 5 sections, 4 on the wings & 1 on the tail. But you categorized them into lower and upper part sections on the wings. Wouldn't that make it 4 sections on each wing(2 upper, 2 lower), plus the tail making it 9 sections x 8 seconds? I think I may have misunderstood that. Please explain. Thanks in advance.
Good question. The wings mirror each other during the cycle. For instance, both the left and right wing inboard upper sections cycle at the same time, then L/R inboard lower, etc. Make sense?
Hey Gene. I was wondering if there's ever been icing conditions where the boots were not able to keep up or if you had to delay a flight because you suspected the boots would not hold up?
Hey, William. I've flown the PC-12 in quite a bit of ice, and I've never had a problem with the ice control systems keeping up. The airplane does very well in ice, better than others I've flown. I've delayed/canceled a few flights here and there for ground icing conditions (SLD/freezing rain, heavy snow), but never for in-flight icing conditions. No matter what you're flying, areas of severe icing should always be avoided though. Anytime there's a SIGMET for ice, it's best to avoid that area if you can. Cheers!
Nice job. One comment I feel I have to make is regarding your advice on waiting for a little accumulation before you activate the boots. While you’re waiting for a quarter inch or so of ice to accumulate on the wing which is easy to see you have already accumulated much more than that on the tail which you cannot see. The reason for that as you may know is because the stabilizer is a much thinner surface with much less of a bow wave deflecting ice forming moisture before it hits the leading edge. So it’s best not only with this plane but all the others that you follow the manufacturers direction since they have designed it and then tested it 1000 different ways. Thanks for this on your other videos. Well done.
Good point -- thanks for sharing. And thanks for the Super!
Thanks!
Was waiting for a new video! Appreciate your content. Very informative
Thank you so much!
@@GeneStuart Question on the 60sec cycles. You mentioned 5 sections, 4 on the wings & 1 on the tail. But you categorized them into lower and upper part sections on the wings. Wouldn't that make it 4 sections on each wing(2 upper, 2 lower), plus the tail making it 9 sections x 8 seconds? I think I may have misunderstood that. Please explain.
Thanks in advance.
Good question. The wings mirror each other during the cycle. For instance, both the left and right wing inboard upper sections cycle at the same time, then L/R inboard lower, etc. Make sense?
@@GeneStuart ahha! Well that explains. Many thanks.
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Thx for info...this info helping lot for my upcoming PC 12 type rating ground school.
Thanks for watching. Good luck! 👍
Wao, make sense, the too soon deice “cave” effect. Thanks for the real world data. I think this apply to all boot deice systems.
Definitely. Thanks for watching!
Hey Gene. I was wondering if there's ever been icing conditions where the boots were not able to keep up or if you had to delay a flight because you suspected the boots would not hold up?
Hey, William. I've flown the PC-12 in quite a bit of ice, and I've never had a problem with the ice control systems keeping up. The airplane does very well in ice, better than others I've flown. I've delayed/canceled a few flights here and there for ground icing conditions (SLD/freezing rain, heavy snow), but never for in-flight icing conditions. No matter what you're flying, areas of severe icing should always be avoided though. Anytime there's a SIGMET for ice, it's best to avoid that area if you can. Cheers!
Good stuff. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!