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Supercooled Large Droplet Icing (SLD)

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Uploaded by on Dec 16, 2010

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Courtesy: FAA Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents, NASA, NTSB.

Freezing drizzle and freezing rain are known collectively as Supercooled Large Droplets (SLD). SLD icing is a rare and very severe condition. NASA Glenn Research Center produced this video on SLD icing.

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    Educational?

  • @gillfamilyfarms dont the jet engines on airliners have that? I thought the silver lining in the front of the engines heated up

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  • @Weirdo10o4 yea but below -40 Celsius, it actually becomes difficult for water to freeze...icing is a lot less likely below these temperatures.

  • SLD was very likely one a the contributing factors of Air France's flight 447. Along with sever turbulence and lightning, a line of super cell thunderstorms is no match for anything made by man. Transmitted data indicated that all 3 airspeed indicators failed nearly simultaneously, strong evidence that the sensors were over come by SLD.

  • Aircraft are subjected to like -70° Celsius. I doubt they could ward off supercooled water.

  • They should cover planes in heat tape similar to what is used in automobile rear window defrosters.

  • very cool

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