Pilot's Operating Handbook
Section 7
Description
Edition 0 - March 05, 2019
Rev. 2
Page 7.14.4
Propeller deicing
Propeller deicing is accomplished through electrical heating of blade roots. This
system operates cyclically and alternately on the inboard and outboard zones of all
blades when PROP DE ICE system is activated either manually or automatically.
Each cycle is 180 seconds long. The cycles continue as long as the system is
activated.
The table hereafter gives the CAS messages and the status light colors
corresponding to the state of the system.
System state
Status lights
CAS
OFF
ON (AUTO mode)
ON (MAN mode)
FAIL
PROP DEICE FAIL
PROP DEICE ON
is displayed in the CAS window if the engine is shut down with
PROP DE ICE switch still ON.
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CAUTION
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When engine is shutdown, do not set the
PROP DE ICE
switch to ON
for more than 10 seconds, damage to the propeller blades could result.
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PIM - DO NOT USE FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS
