Joe if you were doing 173 and pulled the power to idle or near idle in order to slow down or loose alt coupled with the cool temps you proberly did get some carb ice. Any time you pull the power especially with the high compression corvair you need the carb heat. If you don't, it will ice up faster than you can imagine!!
Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri Swing the prop and light the fire, dance amoung the stars.........N642MC > >> [Original Message] >> From: Joseph H. Horton <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> >> To: <corvaircr...@mylist.net>; <kr...@mylist.net> >> Date: 11/19/2005 7:58:52 PM >> Subject: KR> another flight >> >> >> The max. speed that i got to today was 173 for a short time >> which >> I bleed of for altitude to slow back to 160. The First time that the >> engine has give any sputter of any kins was also today. I may have cause >> some messing around with mixture, but just in case I gave it just a >> little bit of carb heat and it seemed to like that and there was no >> further complaints. >> >> Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. >> joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com >>
