Flight Tests Of The Thermal Ice Prevention Equipment On The B 17f Airplane

Download or read book Development of Thermal Ice-prevention Equipment for the B-17F Airplane written by Alun R. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic idea in the design of the system described was to raise the temperature of the surfaces to be protected from ice formations by subjecting the inner faces to a stream of heated air The sources of heated air were three exhaust-gas-to-air heat exchangers; one located in each outboard nacelle. A double-skin type of construction was employed over the forward portion of the wings and tail surfaces. The heated air was caused to circulate by the dynamic pressure of the air stream.