kontiki
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Rules I remember being taught for for using carb heat:
- when humidity is high, and temp under 70F
- when RPM drops out of the green range.
Cruising through showers this weekend, It finally occured to me (in the second set of showers), there would be no better time for carb heat than when flying through rain.
It just strikes me as odd that I don't recall anyone specifically mentioning the rain and carb heat before.
Did I just miss it during training? Shouldn't apply carb heat (if you've got it) be one of those almost automatic actions if you're in the rain?
Thanks,
- when humidity is high, and temp under 70F
- when RPM drops out of the green range.
Cruising through showers this weekend, It finally occured to me (in the second set of showers), there would be no better time for carb heat than when flying through rain.
It just strikes me as odd that I don't recall anyone specifically mentioning the rain and carb heat before.
Did I just miss it during training? Shouldn't apply carb heat (if you've got it) be one of those almost automatic actions if you're in the rain?
Thanks,