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No-Stick Coating Could Help Prevent In-Flight Icing

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A team of Japanese researchers are hoping to use a version of everybody’s favorite non-stick material to help the aviation industry avoid the deadly problem of in-flight icing. The goal of the research is to create a substance that can be applied to an airplane’s paint to repel the super-cooled water that leads to the issue. (www.wired.com) More...

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sparkie624
sparkie624 2
Interesting.. A great idea, but I wonder about the weight...

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