Virtual ice accretion meter display
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1. A flight display for an aircraft, comprising:
- a virtual ice accretion meter display having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion, wherein the ice thickness portion is configured to display an ice thickness value, determined by integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) multiplied by true airspeed (TAS).
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Abstract
A flight display for an aircraft includes a virtual ice accretion meter having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion. A method for determining ice accretion includes integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) and true airspeed (TAS).
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19 Claims
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1. A flight display for an aircraft, comprising:
a virtual ice accretion meter display having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion, wherein the ice thickness portion is configured to display an ice thickness value, determined by integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) multiplied by true airspeed (TAS). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for determining ice accretion on an aircraft component comprising:
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integrating, within an aircraft avionics system, over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) multiplied by true airspeed (TAS) to virtually determine an ice accretion thickness value; and displaying, within the aircraft avionics system, the ice accretion thickness value. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A flight display for an aircraft, comprising:
a virtual ice accretion meter display having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion, wherein the ice thickness portion is configured to display an ice thickness value for an area of the aircraft, determined by integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) multiplied by true airspeed (TAS).
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