facthunter Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Leave Carb Heat on. on take off with Most Planes and you will be in trouble. You will have substantiality reduced Power IF it's to be effective. There are set Performance Parameters for de- icing carburettors in certified Planes. How SOME get around it I do not Know. When it's Injection equipped it's a lot less likely. We still see Incidents where it's most Likely Carb Icing. Of course the evidence is gone afterwards.it Melts away. Nev 2 1
danny_galaga Posted February 9 Posted February 9 1 hour ago, facthunter said: Leave Carb Heat on. on take off with Most Planes and you will be in trouble. You will have substantiality reduced Power IF it's to be effective. There are set Performance Parameters for de- icing carburettors in certified Planes. How SOME get around it I do not Know. When it's Injection equipped it's a lot less likely. We still see Incidents where it's most Likely Carb Icing. Of course the evidence is gone afterwards.it Melts away. Nev Less power on takeoff and also no filter at a time when you most need it! 1
BrendAn Posted February 14 Posted February 14 nothing to with carb heat so might be off topic. had a great flight this morning . 1.25 hrs , did a few landings to adjust the weatherseal trim tabs i put on. 10 knt easterly and 14 knts on the last landing. staright down the strip. landed with 50 knts airspeed and 36 ground. good fun. 9
BrendAn Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Another great morning for flying. Did 1.4 hrs . A few touch and goes. Would like to do more but council is discouraging that with there silly fees. Very hazy but smooth air. Wind 4 knts. Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine. 6
skippydiesel Posted February 15 Posted February 15 "Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine." A good reason to carry power on descent, unless practising engine outs😈
Thruster88 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Flew to Tumut for their breakfast which they have on the 3rd sunday of every month. TAS165 in the RV speed machine, no time for pictures. Love the differences between the thruster and RV. 4 1 1
BrendAn Posted February 15 Posted February 15 55 minutes ago, skippydiesel said: "Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine." A good reason to carry power on descent, unless practising engine outs😈 true. i was seeing what the glide was like. over the runway
facthunter Posted February 15 Posted February 15 When Dew Point and ambient are the same FOG is Likely OR Icing if it's below zero C. Fog can form very quickly, sometimes. Don't get caught. Nev 1
BrendAn Posted February 15 Posted February 15 27 minutes ago, facthunter said: When Dew Point and ambient are the same FOG is Likely OR Icing if it's below zero C. Fog can form very quickly, sometimes. Don't get caught. Nev we did have light patchs of fog this morning . not the usual pea soup we get. 1 1
onetrack Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I've watched sea fog roll into Broome around midday on a bright fine day, like a fast-moving cold front! It was amazing to watch, and it was as thick as pea soup. 1 2
Moneybox Posted February 15 Posted February 15 16 minutes ago, onetrack said: I've watched sea fog roll into Broome around midday on a bright fine day, like a fast-moving cold front! It was amazing to watch, and it was as thick as pea soup. We can get it here in desert, too dense to drive sometimes in a winter morning. It really surprised me because there's no surface water. 3
Flightrite Posted February 16 Posted February 16 A hundred years ago on my very first lesson in a C150 during January Melb at YBSS clear blue skies short final the donk stopped! Instructor said just keep flying, lower nose a little, landed, donk fired right up again, carby ice on day one, I learnt fast😂😂 Another time a little later on doing an RNP into YMMB in the old Beech truck (B200) early one morning as the sun was turning up for work sea fog rolled in real quick down the far end of the Rwy, by the time I got on to a taxiway heading towards the tower for parking I could barely see each taxi light, hence to say I left the old Beech truck there and went home via taxi, far more dangerous actually😂 6 1 2
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