| Download | - View final version: Icing flight tests of a fluid rotor blade ice protection system on a Westland Wessex helicopter (PDF, 10.4 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40004027 |
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| Author | Search for: Gibbard, G. A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council Canada. Division of Mechanical Engineering
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| Format | Text, Technical Report |
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| Physical description | 29 p. |
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| Abstract | A Westland Wessex helicopter equipped with a fluid ice protection system for the main and tail rotor blades was flight tested in an artificial icing cloud. The tests indicated that icing protection will be required on this helicopter at temperatures less than -5°C, because of the effects of uncontrolled shedding of large chunks of ice from the rotor blades. The installed fluid anti-icing system was not able to prevent ice from forming because of poor distribution of fluid over the leading edge of the rotor blades. |
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| Publication date | 1962-10 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council Canada |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 4cad80ca-a511-49fe-bf9c-f253a3a653bd |
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| Record created | 2026-05-06 |
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| Record modified | 2026-05-06 |
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