Italsystem participates in SEASIDE project

The de-icing system installed on aircraft is undoubtedly one of the most delicate on-board systems.

For this reason, small aircraft are sometimes limited in their de-icing operation.

This is all the more true considering that the installation of such systems is often constrained by the small size available on small aircraft.

The low volume of the market also often makes it difficult to identify a suitable system supply chain to meet the requirements of SAT integrators at an acceptable cost.

The SEASIDE - Smart Electro-expulsive System for SAT Aircrafts De-Icing - project, started in 2016, aims to address these issues by developing an innovative and compact electro-expulsive De-Icing system for the Piaggio P180 aircraft compliant with CS23 Appendix C.

This was through the development and testing in IWT (Ice Wind Tunnel Test) of a prototype hybrid system (thermal and electro-expulsive) with a consumption per metre of wingspan of 0.6KW.

A further aim of the SEASIDE project is to revitalise the supply chain, at national and European level, dedicated to the de-icing protection system for this category of aircraft, favouring the development of low-consumption and low-cost technology.