3.3 Ice Protection (FIKI)

DRAFT lesson page — content pending POH verification and video production.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the TKS weeping ice-protection system and its coverage
• State FIKI limitations and fluid endurance by mode ‹VERIFY POH›
• Plan icing operations like a fuel problem

In This Lesson

• Approved for flight into known icing; TKS fluid weeps from porous panels
• Protected surfaces: wing and tail leading edges and the windshield
• Fluid path: tank → pump → panels; modes NORM / HIGH / MAX
• Fluid endurance shortens at higher modes ‹VERIFY POH›
• Plan icing like fuel — know your reserves

Video

In production — original TKS fluid-path animation + Austin exterior TKS-panel footage + AI voiceover.

Knowledge Check

• Ice protection type: TKS weeping fluid
• Protected surfaces include wing and tail leading edges and the windshield
• FIKI means Flight Into Known Icing
• Higher mode means shorter fluid endurance
• Fluid endurance by mode ‹VERIFY POH›