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make or become free of frost or ice

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However, early activation of the deice boots limits the effects of leading-edge ice and improves the operating safety margin, the NTSB states.

According to the alert, leading-edge deice boots should be activated as soon as icing is encountered, unless the aircraft's flight manual or the pilot's operating handbook specifically directs not to activate them.

NTSB publishes safety alert on flying in icing conditions

Surface anti-icing keeps the airframe clear of ice accretion, eliminating the performance loss from pre-activation and inter-cycle ice accretion associated with deice protection systems.

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The day prior to the incident a flight crew reported that during an en route deice boot check, the timer light illuminated.

Saab SF340B+: January 2, 2006, Santa Maria, Calif

The DOT also noticed it could deice more roads in less time.

Doing more with less: zero velocity deicer spreaders

While most people and even the manufacturer talk about it as a deice system, it will not deice light rime ice nor will it deice clear ice once it has frozen into the pores.

Deicing dissent

At airports where snow is relatively dry, mechanical removal using brooms or even blasts of hot air can reduce the amount of ADF required to deice.

Cold comfort

Saginaw looked for a product that would deice as well as salt, but would also reduce corrosion.

Anticorrosive deicer used on bridges

Given these developments, which deice system is the most cost effective and least maintenance intensive?

The fight against ice: TKS still the top choice: electrothermal deicing looked promising, but it hasn't delivered. TKS is effective in all conditions and although getting fluid is a bother, it still beats boots

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