Recent content by arthur106

My comment on temperature not being an issue was in reference to having trouble with startup because of the engine simply being cold, not to carb ice. One more question: I was able to start up the engine after two or three tries after it quit, is that consistent with carb ice? Thanks...

Never considered or had a problem with carb I've on the ground, it was 65 degrees and somewhat humid when the engine died on the ground. If it was indeed carb icing, I suppose the rich mixture didn't help and contributed to the abrupt stop of the engine. On my cross country, it was between...

Don't know if this is right forum, first post here... I was flying a C152 on a night cross country a few weeks ago and noticed a momentary significant loss of power (maybe 100-200RPM). The engine resumed running normally very quickly before I could determine the issue, but it freaked me out...