Download or read book Preliminary Report on Flight Tests of an Airplane Having Exhaust-heated Wings written by Lewis A. Rodert and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flights have been made with an airplane in icing conditions in order to test the effect of exhaust heat applied to the wings as a means of preventing ice formations. Other ice-prevention equipment, including an exhaust gas-heated pitot-static head, hot-air-heated windshield, and an inflatable de-icer of recent design, were also tested.