Ice-proof your airplane??
02-08-2013, 05:48 AM
#12
Bracing for Fallacies
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I started a thread on this a few years back. I was seriously looking buying small quantities of these coatings to test out at home. As people have said, the cost is pretty high. I could afford to buy and try those products, but my wife would wring my neck! (regional FO pay)
Back when I was researching, there were really small sizes available-like pint size or less. If someone from the forum bought some and treated some materials, that would be very informative!
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/te...materials.html
Back when I was researching, there were really small sizes available-like pint size or less. If someone from the forum bought some and treated some materials, that would be very informative!
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/te...materials.html
02-08-2013, 08:08 AM
#13
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Position: C-172 PPL
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If a single gallon covers 50,000 sq. ft then 3 cents / sq ft. sounds pretty good!
(I have no idea what the coverage is... I'm pointing out that pricing it out by volume rather than surface area can be very misleading)
02-08-2013, 09:24 AM
#14
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It entirely depends on how much a gallon covers... obviously the coating is very thin.
If a single gallon covers 50,000 sq. ft then 3 cents / sq ft. sounds pretty good!
(I have no idea what the coverage is... I'm pointing out that pricing it out by volume rather than surface area can be very misleading)
If a single gallon covers 50,000 sq. ft then 3 cents / sq ft. sounds pretty good!
(I have no idea what the coverage is... I'm pointing out that pricing it out by volume rather than surface area can be very misleading)
It takes a gallon of bottom and a gallon of top coat, at $188 and $349 respectively... so about $3.25 per square foot. A bargain if it is durable. Which I doubt.
I sometimes put Rain-X on my car windscreen and it works great... but you have to put it on every few weeks.
02-11-2013, 08:14 PM
#16
What’s it doing now?
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Even if it wasn't really ice proof in flight if it kept snow and ice from accumulating on the ground especially overnight it would seriously cut down on deice fluid expense. of course then the fluid doesn't stay on the wing for the taxi out......
02-12-2013, 09:52 AM
#17
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Not good in the cold, so swap it out or dilute it if you live where it's freezing all the time during the winter.
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