"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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You have it backwards, large droplets are more likely to hit the airplane
and form ice. Additionally large droplet ice is more lilkely to for
beyond
the protected surfaces into ridges and horns which can cause airflow
separation.

I got my information from John Brownlee FAA flight test pilot. He gives a
pretty interesting power point presentation on the subject.

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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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This is true if the snow being produced is the flake type which
results
from
the direct crystalization of water vapor. The round "pellet" type
snow
results from the freezing of liquid cloud droplets. Clouds that
are
snowing
a lot of pellet type snow have a lot of ice in them.

The smaller droplets being the more dangerous.

Rime ice? Why? That part breaks more easily from surfaces?

Icing is a statistical phenomenon and smaller droplets are more likely
to
form ice on wing and rudder surfaces. (ie rudder reversal)