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B-17 De-Icer boots - 4/13/2002 5:08:54 AM   
Mustang51


 

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Status: offline 		Does anyone know if the de-icer boots attached to the leading edges of the wings and stabs. were electically heated or were they a pneumaticly operated "balloon"?

Thanks,

Mustang
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boots - 4/13/2002 7:01:04 AM   
geardaddy


 

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Status: offline 		Certainly a pneumatic system where they would inflate every other one, out of 6-8 separate cells in the boot itself. If a leak developed it would likely still knock off ice. Electric or hot air systems are known as anti ice.

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B-17 De-Icer boots - 4/13/2002 7:05:41 AM   
Mustang51


 

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Status: offline 		Thanks! This has been driving me nuts for some time. I thought they were pneumatic.

-Mustang

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