SAE Type IV Aircraft Ground Anti-Icing Fluid is designed for contaminate-free, fixed-wing,
metal aircraft (Vr of 85 Knots or more, only) to delay the accumulation of frost,
snow & ice while on the ramp and taxiing for takeoff. It's typically sprayed unheated,
directly upon the aircraft's upper wing and tail surfaces. Because of its viscous
nature, it clings to those surfaces and "absorbs" the continuing frozen precipitation.
The anti-icing fluid (and entrapped contaminants) are then "sheared" off the wing/tail
surfaces by wind speed on the takeoff roll. We offer one formulation of Aircraft
Ground Anti-Icing Fluid: Formula IV.
