Yes icing,or condensation can and will manifest itself downstream in the intake manifold. The "T" in the intake manifold of updraft/sidedraft manifolds creates a high pressure area where the air/fuel mixture accelerates and bends as it goes around the corner and up into the two intake runners up to the heads like on a VW or Corvair. At that point, the temperature drops, and condensation or icing occurs depending on how close to the exhaust is the the intake manifold and what the undercowl temperature is at that point. Pull the lower cowling off your aircraft if you dont believe me on hot summer day and look at the area just aft of the carb where it enters the "T" of your intake manifold and you will see the condensation form on the outside at the very least.
On 1/30/2010 2:34 PM, samantha toner wrote: > Icing occurs on the throttle flag due to the depression of air as it exists > the venturi.It wont manifest itself downstream in the manifold as the > pressure has equilised > --- On Sat, 30/1/10, Dan Heath<da...@windstream.net> wrote: > > > From: Dan Heath<da...@windstream.net> > Subject: RE: KR> Latest intake manifold experiment > To: "'KRnet'"<kr...@mylist.net> > Date: Saturday, 30 January, 2010, 12:00 > > > A concern that I have about that is icing. I think that with all those very > small wires, it would be easy for it to ice over. > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics > See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39 > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for Flying > has begun. > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > -----Original Message----- > > > In my younger days we used to put aluminum window screening sandwiched > between 2 carburetor spacers to help atomize fuel. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
