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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:09:19 -0500, Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Peter R." wrote in message ... Newps wrote: Peter R. wrote: I have about 450 hours in a C172SP and I would probably need a couple of hours of instruction/flying just to become familiar with carb heat usage if I hypothetically needed to rent an older C172 model. Pull out the carb heat below the green arc. Push it in aboove the green arc. There. You're checked out. Thanks. If it is really that easy, then why are there so many NTSB accident reports that list carb icing as a contributory cause? Because there are a lot of folks out there who forget. Many of these are those that switch between injected and carbureted engines. No amount of check ride is going to make you remember. That is why we have checklists and the checklists are different for each aircraft. It's no different that those that have non mechanical failure gear up landings. Not to mention some that don't think it's needed because they took off on a hot day. August issue of AOPA Training has a pretty good write up on carb heat. Of course, they also address the down side of forgetting to turn it back off too. Seems there is a large number of accidents steming from that as well. Long story short, carb heat steals HP and yes, you really can ice your carb on a 90+ F degree day. |
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Oracle wrote:
Not to mention some that don't think it's needed because they took off on a hot day. August issue of AOPA Training has a pretty good write up on carb heat. Of course, they also address the down side of forgetting to turn it back off too. Seems there is a large number of accidents steming from that as well. Long story short, carb heat steals HP and yes, you really can ice your carb on a 90+ F degree day. http://www.ez.org/carb_ice.htm |
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