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"I believe we have a consensus that carb heat should always be on full when below 2000 rpm for landing. Also, we should always check for carb heat operation immediately prior to takeoff, after doing other runup checks." Check, yes. But always on full when below 2000 rpm for landing? Maybe not. In Northern California's Central Valley, it's often dry and the air full of bugs in the Spring. Often--checking the dew point spread on the AWOS first--I'll leave the carb heat off so as not to ingest bugs into the engine. I fly a close pattern anyway and could land if the engine quit, but it never shows carb ice in the dry Spring, Summer, and Fall climates here. ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
