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C182 TKS
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Never knew they did thermawing for 182.Anyone have any experience with TKS or Therma wing on a C182?
7 years experience with TKS and 182. Works as advertised. Exercise monthly. In summer may need to go high to get cool enough to properly exercise.
Not as messy as some say. Better as anti-ice but will de-ice on high.
Thanks..is your system FIKI? from CAV? I do have DA42NG and do have TKS. Problem is I have dry spots and for other reasons, like unable to get engines replaced in a timely matter and poor customer service from Diamond looks to go back to Cessna and a 182T looks like the right fit...
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No FIKI available for 182s. Just inadvertent icing or whatever the alternative is called.
Spots can/may be fixed by running the system on the ground and wiping a cloth saturated with TKS fluid in a chord-wise manner across the spot. Needs to be below about 50 F for the fluid to be viscous enough for either dry spot fixing or general monthly exercising in my experience.
182 system consists of panels for the leading edges and struts. Prop gets a slinger ring and is responsible for the prop and the windshield. I had a T182T which has a factory hot prop and would have preferred to keep that with the addition of the windshield spray bar from the 206 install, but CAV said that would be a field approval and would take more time. So I went ahead with the stock system which worked well. This was around 2006 or so.
If the AUs are present to support a DA42, then I'd humbly recommend the T182T over the 182T as the turbo in that install is powerful and greatly increases the ability to punch up should you encounter unexpected ice; usually climbing is the best exit anyhow.
Spots can/may be fixed by running the system on the ground and wiping a cloth saturated with TKS fluid in a chord-wise manner across the spot. Needs to be below about 50 F for the fluid to be viscous enough for either dry spot fixing or general monthly exercising in my experience.
182 system consists of panels for the leading edges and struts. Prop gets a slinger ring and is responsible for the prop and the windshield. I had a T182T which has a factory hot prop and would have preferred to keep that with the addition of the windshield spray bar from the 206 install, but CAV said that would be a field approval and would take more time. So I went ahead with the stock system which worked well. This was around 2006 or so.
If the AUs are present to support a DA42, then I'd humbly recommend the T182T over the 182T as the turbo in that install is powerful and greatly increases the ability to punch up should you encounter unexpected ice; usually climbing is the best exit anyhow.