Yes you are rite. Regards 2539H -----Original Message----- From: Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 8:08 PM Subject: Re: carb ice
>JR: >I agree about warm moist air having more carb ice potential. I've heard >of several carb ice problems when OAT was around 90 degrees, the most >recent of which was at the Ercoupe Nationals in Jacksonville, IL. The >plane went into a corn field. The concept is, at low rpm temperatures >in the carburetor can drop 60 degrees. If you start at 90 degrees, you >get 30 degrees. My instructor taught me to pull carb heat whenever I >throttled back to 2000 rpm or below, and to leave it on throughout the >landing sequence. I pull back to 2000 when I am in downwind opposite >the approach end of the runway, maintain pattern altitude, pull back to >1500 and turn base, indicated airspeed about 75 mph, keep it at 1500 and >75 mph until I'm over the fence, then glide in to land. Never a >problem. When applying power again, such as in a touch and go, I push >in throttle and carb heat at the same time. > >Syd Cohen >NC94196 >Wausau, WI > >JR wrote: > >> Such a basic subject . >> >> It is my experience that icing was more probable >> with warm moist air in temperate conditions than >> in cold dry air in cold conditions. >> >> Cold temps do not mean ice . >> >> Any comment ? > >
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