NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety
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NASA is testing and upgrading facilities to address supercooled large droplet icing, a rare aviation hazard that occurs when aircraft fly through clouds containing unusually large, very cold water droplets. The work draws on NASA's existing expertise in icing research to improve understanding of the phenomenon.
NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation hazard: icing that occurs when aircraft encounter unusually large, very cold water droplets in clouds. The problem, known as “supercooled large droplet icing,” occurs when aircraft fly through clouds containing unusually large drops of water that are […]
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