Jeff you are 100 percent correct.And it is to divert air around the filter 
and not anything like carb heat.It is more of a bypass valve.

Bob Glidden
Eminence,Indiana
KR2S N181FW (building)
Corvair 110
glid...@ccrtc.com


> Bob,
> I believe that if you check out a KCAB Citabria or a Decathelon, you'll
> find an alternate air selector so you can switch away from the filtered
> air.  Other aircraft later added a spring loaded flapper behind the air
> filter so the engine could still draw air should the filter freeze over
> or become plugged for any other reason.
>
> Jeff Scott
>
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