PREPARATION OF JETSTAR WING FOR USE IN DEICING RESEARCH

The objectives of this phase of a deicing research project were to prepare a Jetstar wing for mounting as a test bed, modify the wing to achieve cold-soak capabilities and use the wing to conduct fluid failure tests in natural precipitation. The Jetstar wing was selected in an earlier project as the test wing for a fluid testing site. In this project, the project team reinstalled the control surfaces, constructed a fairing for the leading edge, replaced missing panels, and polished the leading edge. An off-the-shelf boat trailer for mounting the wing was proposed. Full-scale tests with the wing were conducted but time constraints prevented conducting fluid failure trials as well as the examination of the integrity of the JetStar fuel system to determine wing cold-soak capabilities. The project team recommended strengthening the trailer so that it will be able to support the weight of the wing when it is modified for cold-soak trials. During the 1999-2000 test season, full-scale testing with the JetStar wing was conducted in natural and simulated precipitation conditions in a testing facility and at the central deicing facility at a Montreal airport. Testing consisted of fluid application trials, testing of a deicing system, hot water deicing trials, use of ice detection sensors for end-of-runway application and forced air trials. Recommendations for the improvement of the wing test bed design are suggested.

• Record URL:
  http://data.tc.gc.ca/archive/eng/innovation/tdc-summary-13600-13667e-502.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre, 800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3B 2X1

  APS Aviation

  1100 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 1340
  Montreal, Quebec H3B 4N4,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Chaput, M
  • Hanna, M
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Deicing; Design; Fairings; Precipitation (Meteorology); Prototype tests; Recommendations; Research; Sensors; Surfaces; Test beds; Test facilities; Trailers; Water; Weight; Wings (Aircraft)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fluid failure tests
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Pavements; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00938403
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 13667E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 26 2003 12:00AM