(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

In a previous article, ET said:
"Colin Kingsbury" wrote in news:XW4Ab.542
:
Of course, there's a lot of flights that will get scrubbed in an
SR-22 because of icing, so this isn't a good plane for you.

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??

The TKS system is to escape inadvertent ice, not to fly into known
icing conditions. So yes, it would be limited as Colin suggested.
Especially since the FAA is now regarding "known icing conditions" to
mean any time when there is a mention of icing in the forecast, even
if you have pireps of no icing.



Thanks (to you and the others that replied),... as I said, I'm very much
an aviation newbie.... that makes sense.

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