starchkr
New Bus driver
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- Nov 26, 2001
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don't forget that tailplane icing could also adversely affect flight characteristics. I have no idea why when we talk about icing people ALWAYS think of only the wings becoming contaminated. Tailplane icing should be considered a more hazardous condition. The one thing to remember when your tailplane ices... the plane will react in the opposite direction as your pitch change corrections. For instance, as you pull back trying to get the plane to climb because you think the ice is causing a decrease in altitude, you are actually just forcing that nose further down. So now think of yourself pulling even harder as the nose comes further down.... and well you can figure the rest out from there.