"Montblack" wrote

Wow, $2.2 million ....@ $11/gallon.

Hmm? Large folding 'portable hangar' vehicle. Maybe two.

I wonder if anyone has ever considered a rig that has a series of jet
engines (about a dozen -maximum- ought to do it) that come in around the
plane and shoot their hot exhausts on the wings and the rest of the plane,
and heat the ice up to melt it away?

It could be regulated, temperature wise, by using a venture effect to draw
cool air in to the stream. I would think that a few minutes ought to melt
the whole thing, and be ready for the next one in a few more minutes. You
would not have to melt all of the ice, since the alluminum should heat up
under the ice, then the fast hot air would blow the loose ice away! Hard to
melt portions could get a quick shot of afterburner, when necessary. g

The cost of run out engines would make it affordable, and the fuel should
not cost but a few hundred dollars per plane, and part of that offset by the
fact that the deicing fluid also costs money to heat up.

Shoot a little fluid onto it after it has melted off, to protect it against
the fresh ice still coming down, (when necessary) then off they go.

What do you all think? I'll bet NASCAR has some track dryers that we could
"borrow" to test the idea, then we go into production, and start
distributing them in time for next winter. Should make us millionaires, if
you want to partner up on the idea!
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Jim in NC