The incoming air is just too cold, then it accelerates
in the carb throat, and then no heat in the intake, so
it never properly mixes.
I went to a class lycoming gave when I was visiting
in Cal. One of the things they told use, when it is
cold below 50* was to pull the carb heat out until you
see
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From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
Behalf Of Randy Smith
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:38 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: Re: KR> Flight report mixtures, hmmmm.
The incoming air is just too cold, then it accelerates
in the carb throat, and then no heat in
Mark
Glad to hear that you are back up flying and more dependable than before.
Your experience is something that I brought up some time ago, and I hope did
not go unnoticed. Especially at altitude, ALL ENGINES NEED SOME HEAT. This
is because the fuel and air will separate if the mix is too cold an
At 01:30 PM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
>A look at Lycoming and Continental engines shows their intake
>runners run THROUGH the oil pan to get heated air by picking up engine heat
>from the oil.
Lycoming yes, Continental engines, no. At least
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