Went to the airport today after work. Fueled the plane, preflighted her and got airborne at 5pm. The flight was just a basic local lazy type of flight with long slow turns and never getting above 3500' and I stayed within about 10 miles of the airport. I was just truly enjoying the view of the beautiful trees below which happen to be in their full fall colors right now. What a sight to behold!!!. At about 40 minutes into the flight, I noticed the engine began running a little rough so I changed rpm settings and that did not seem to help. I noticed the rpm begin to slowly drop. Hmmmm, could this be carb ice? I applied carb heat and about thirty seconds later she started running smooth again. The temp outside was 43° with a dew point of 39° and relative humidity of 87%. Now that adds up to carb ice potential. I fly with an Ellison EFS-3A. The rest of the flight was uneventful and was after the sun set. I greased in a night landing for my log books.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at [email protected] Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj
