Even on a spicy summer twenty-four hours , the outdoor temperature at 30,000 foot can hit 50 below zero . ice-skating rink mold on a plane ’s fuselage is inevitable , despite how life-threatening it can be . So to help ensure planes can survive freezing temporary , Boeing is develop fake charge card ice to make it easier to test its aircraft .
In apatent applicationdiscovered byAeroPatent , Boeing is looking to break artificial pieces of plastic ice that accurately copy how the tangible thing can build up and bear on the flight characteristics of wings , dither , and even parts of a plane ’s turbine railway locomotive .
The 3D - print ice could be attached to a plane ’s surface in very specific and controlled amounts to better regulate how the surplus weight affected the aircraft ’s performance in the air . And because the icing would be copy using plastic , testing could be direct almost anywhere without first have to create an aeroplane - sized freezer — although Boeing must certainly have one of those at its disposition .
In an idealistic humankind we ’d be capable to design aeroplane fuselages that forestall ice from building up all , but until that find rears its head , bed how to keep planes in the air , even while incubate in ice , is the next best thing .
[ EspacenetviaAeroPatent ]
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