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Old 11-02-2020, 10:28 AM   #220 (permalink)
Piotrsko
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The anti icing systems are rubber boots that inflate to rupture the ice bond so it slides off in the slipstream. It also doesn't work on frost. Preflight deice cleans off the wing so stall speed doesn't go above the calculated balanced takeoff speed before you run out of runway.
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