SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MULTI-ENGINE ROTORCRAFT FOR ICE ACCRETION SHEDDING

There is provided a system and a method for operating a multi-engine rotorcraft (100). When the rotorcraft (100) is cruising in an asymmetric operating regime (AOR) at least one engine (102) is an active engine and is operated in an active mode to provide motive power to the rotorcraft (100) and at least one second engine (104) is a standby engine and is operated in a standby mode to provide substantially no motive power to the rotorcraft (100), at least one of a power level of the at least one second engine (104) is increased and at least one variable geometry mechanism (312) of the at least one second engine (104) is moved to shed any ice accumulation on the at least one second engine (104).