That isn't the whole story though. The old style manual fuel systems increase pilot workload, make starting a guessing game, and don't react well to speedy throttle setting changes.
These are issues that have been overcome in the years since the 30's Of course, EFI covers it all. But EFI always seems to come with FADEC, which always seems to come with huge prices. On Jun 20, 2013 4:49 PM, "Larry&Sallie Flesner" <flesner at frontier.com> wrote: > At 08:57 AM 6/20/2013, you wrote: > >> I have always wondered why lycoming and continental have steadfastly stuck >> to ancient carb >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**++++++ > > Because they work well and are quite reliable . I rebuilt my MS carb > nearly 500 hours ago and have not touched it since. The only time my > engine has sputtered was when I suffered a brain cramp and shut off the > fuel. It's tough to reinvent the wheel. They're round and they roll. > > Larry Flesner > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://tugantek.com/**archmailv2-kr/search<http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search> > . > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/**listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org<http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org>to > change options >
