According to the C-172P POH I have here:
"If conditions require the the continued use of carburetor heat in cruise
flight, use the minimum amount of heat necessary to prevent ice from forming
and lean the mixture for smoothest engine operation."
So, no, not too pedantic at all.
-- Adam
> From: Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions <flightgear-devel@flightgear.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:59:45 +0100
> To: <flightgear-devel@flightgear.org>
> Subject: [Flightgear-devel] carb-heat
>
> Hi,
> On the Cessna 172/150 range of aircraft the carb-heat control is a
> "progressive"
> knob as for mixture. The operators recommendation is indeed that only
> "FULL" or
> off should be used and it is represented as "bool" in flight gear but
> is this a correct
> interpretation. If the actual aircraft panel is a variable control
> should the representation
> be variable and up to the pilot to use in the recommended fashion.
> Anyone any opinions
> on this point (maybe I am just being too pendantic!!)?
> cheers
> Jim
> FGControls::set_carb_heat( int engine, bool val )
> {
> if ( engine == ALL_ENGINES ) {
> for ( int i = 0; i < MAX_ENGINES; i++ ) {
> carb_heat[i] = val;
> }
> } else {
> if ( (engine >= 0) && (engine < MAX_ENGINES) ) {
> carb_heat[engine] = val;
> }
> }
> }
>
>
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