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Published: 2010-01-09 16:06:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 2562; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 111
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This is what severe icing conditions do to a turbofan engine. Believe it or not, this engine had been RUNNING with all this ice on it, it accumulated in flight, not on the ground.But the CFM-56s didn't let us down, though we did have to rev up the engines on occasion to prevent too much ice from accumulating.
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Hello babynuke,
I've found your "Severe Icing" photography by accident. As this is a topic which is of interest to me, I'm kindly asking for your permission to use it (with credit given to you, of course).
Is there a way for you to answer, or to be contacted about it, please?
Thank you in advance
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no big deal,happens all the time. the new engines are far more Ice/FOD-tolerant than our old JT8D,s were.
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Hmm, well, all the time... I haven't seen it that bad since! But I guess it depends on where you fly, too. This photo was actually picked up for use by a company that manufactures de-icing equipment.
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picked up,and paid for,i hope...?
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This is just from in-cloud icing? I would think it would take SLD to get a turbine that bad!!
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Jup, in-cloud icing. Takes just a few minutes, despite efforts to shed the ice!
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lol obvs xD
which kind, do you know? bcz that is ridiculous amounts of icing!!! D:
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Some sort of stratus cloud, if you're that interested in cloud types XD
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ahh... wow i still cant get over the buildup of it x__x;
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Wow. 
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Icing like this on the engine mostly causes vibration, which is bad for the engine. There might be a small drop in engine performance, but it's not too noticeable.
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It still amazing how much abuse an engine cam take.
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Icy indeed, still, those engines normally operate much higher that the cloud formations
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Normally, but not all the time...
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I know i know 
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Wow, that pointy spinner makes it look like Rolls Royce!
Glad everything went well.
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Good old 737 never le ts you down, right?
And to think that some planes can handle this much ice (l ike the ATR 42)...
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For the 737 this isn't good either, and certainly not something you can keep up forever.
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Well yes, like in any other airplane, but with the ATR, if enough ice forms in the upper part of the wings, it just goes down like a rock...
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ee, ice conditions today or ?
nooo, forget it, lets go!
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Jup, today.
We expected a straight in ILS approach, but at the last moment the airport decided they wanted to clean the runway, so we were stuck flying around in icing conditions, resulting in, well, this.
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ohh, shit happens, i thought the 737 had anti ice for this stuff.
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It does, but only for the leading edge of wings and the engine inlet. Not the spinner / fanblades.
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Dat komt omdat het vliegtuig met een paar honderd km/u naar voren gaat, en het dus ook op die manier ijs opbouwt.
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oke, ik zou denken dat de lucht langs de kegel stroomt en daar door het ijs langs de kegel zou opbouwen in golfjes of glad, maar niet in puntjes.
kan mezelf nog steeds niet voor stellen
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