Once(!) is right.
Will your insurance company buy you a replacement SR-22 after you pop =
that chute?
Especially if you had to use it because of ice?
---JRC---

"Dan Thompson" wrote in message =
gy.com...
The nice thing about a Cirrus is also you could always (i.e., once) =
pop the
chute if the TKS couldn't keep up. I would think this would be =
comforting
when choosing to fly through a what was believed to be little known =
ice that
the TKS system should be able to easily handle, just in case you found =
it is
was more ice than anyone would have expected and you ran out of other
options. I think the TKS/chute combo would allow a lot of flights =
that
would keep me on the ground otherwise.
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...
"ET" wrote in message
...
My father owns SR-22, it has an anti-icing system (sprays solution =
out
from
micro holes in the wings/prop/etc)... I am not yet a pilot, so I'm
certain
I don't understand all the complexities of this, but would an =
SR-22 with
this system still be as limited as your statement suggests??

Even when certified for flight into known icing, light planes are =
simply
no
match for real icing conditions. Anti-ice or de-ice equipment is =
useful
for
buying yourself more time in which to leave the icing conditions =
(climb,
descend, turn around) but they don't come close to matching the
all-weather
capabilities of airliners.

Heck, even the smaller airliners (turboprops) can easily get out of =
their
depth.

The installation on your father's SR-22 is simply an escape route. =
It
doesn't provide him with anything near all-weather capabilities with
respect
to icing.

Pete


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