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Old 02-13-2009, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by diametricalbenz View Post
Interesting, I like the idea of having the porous skin that secretes de-icing liquid.

I presume the bleed air is pulled from the post combustion stage and routed in reverse through the engine pylon?
Porous isn't a good thing.
Keep in mind how much time the (any) aircraft spends in potential icing conditions vs time that it's not.

PRE-combustion actually. Compressed, and quite toasty.
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