| Download | - View final version: Icing flight tests of an electro-thermal rotor blade de-icing system on a Westland Wessex helicopter (PDF, 4.4 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40004033 |
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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 | 39 p. |
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| Abstract | Flight tests were performed in an artificial icing cloud on a Westland Wessex helicopter equipped with an electro-thermal rotor blade de-icing system. The results of the icing flights showed that icing protection will be required on this helicopter for operation below -10°C, because of the effects of uncontrolled shedding of ice from the rotor blades. The installed de-icing system operated adequately during the tests, but a number of modifications were indicated to improve its performance. |
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| Date published | 1961-09 |
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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 | f4722c5b-839a-4e5f-97d0-cbe87f1c3ea4 |
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| Record created | 2026-05-07 |
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| Record modified | 2026-05-07 |
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