I can assure you it DOES exist and in the 4+ years I've flown N99340
in all kinds of weather, I have never experienced carb icing. I do
manually pull out carb heat when I throttle back in the pattern, just
to make sure it's fully on.
Larry Snyder
Washington, Missouri
Mountain View, Arkansas
N99340
On Feb 19, 2009, at 7:06 AM, "Ed Burkhead" <[email protected]> wrote:
Bill, thanks again, you are a great reference.
So, the incident is recounted in the book. (I’m sure I read it when
I read the book but the details about the carb heat aren’t as I reme
mber. I __vaguely__ remember Fred telling us this story at a flyin.
I’m not sure.
In “From the Ground, Up The Autobiography of an Aeronautical Engine
er,” Page 186-187 Fred wrote, “We did not know nearly as much
about carburetor icing then as we do now. I had thought that rather
than put the complication of an extra carburetor heater on the airp
lane I would simply draw off the carburetor air from a warm place in
side the engine compartment and let that do the heating job of the c
arburetor, even if it cost us a slight amount of power. Obviously,
that turned out to be an oversimplification. In this case, the long
oil warm-up run was just the wrong thing to do – for it in fact had
set up the carburetor icing.”
OK, that still leaves open the question was/is there an “automatic c
arb heat” on some Coupes?
If it does exist, should it be there?
Ed
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of William R. Bayne
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:25 AM
To: ety list
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Use of carb heat...
Hi Ed,
You will find the experience was in the 310/jeep. Fred relates it
starting on page 186 of the
"From the Ground UP" autobiography. That part you got right ;<)
You're most welcome.
WRB
