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What's that frame at the center of the windshield?

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Hello Captains!

Could anyone clarify me on this issue? I've 'googled' it intensively but did not found any answer.

Is that a heater for the windshield?
 

Many thanks in advance and best regards :wink:

Pedro Lima
"The sky is the home of birds... we are just guests... guests of honor" Peter Besenyei
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That relatively small section of the windscreen is the heated portion.  Yeah, if the windscreen gets obscured by ice, that little hole is your forward vision.

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That relatively small section of the windscreen is the heated portion.  Yeah, if the windscreen gets obscured by ice, that little hole is your forward vision.

 

Wish I had one for my car this morning...

 

 

We use to call them a "hot plate", it is electrically heated.

Gary Stewart

  • 2 weeks later...
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Thank you for the answers, Captains.

I suspected it should be a system of that nature.

Best regards from Portugal ;)

Pedro Lima
"The sky is the home of birds... we are just guests... guests of honor" Peter Besenyei
"...redundancy is very important in aviation; that is why airplanes have 2 wings instead of 1!" M.S.A.Q.
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  • 3 years later...

can we get rid of it?

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