On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:38:43 -0400, David wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> When there is no actual carb ice, carb heat makes the intake air > hotter, and thus thinner, so the mixture also becomes richer (more > fuel, less air), but in this case not usually rich enough to stop the > engine. > > The normal rule of thumb is that applying carb heat will decrease your > power, but that's not true for those of us who fly lean of peak. ..pulling carb heat on flying lean of peak, should produce more carburtation heat and push the mis-firing limit a bit leaner, but does anyone do this? At some stage, it will get "too cold." -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
