AdamZ
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Adam Zucker
I just picked up an FAA Aviation Safety Pamplet on winter flying at a Wings seminar. There are two things that I have questions about.
1) They suggest when preflighting in winter to pay particular attention to the Crankshaft breather. They said in winter with heating and cooling vapor can condense and freeze in the line create pressure which can blow off the oil filler cap the resultant problems are numerous incluing fire and oil loss.
-My question is what the heck is a crankshaft breather
-How do I check this on preflight? Perhaps I could get to it in the Tiger but in the Archer III I can't get to anything under the cowl. The pamphlet made this seem pretty important.
2) The same pamphlet when talking about the different types of carb ice said to prevent carb ice do the following:
-use heat ground check
-use heat in the icing range
-use heat on approach and decent
The last of these concern me because the POH in the planes I fly do not state that carb heat should be used on approach and Landing. I understand that some of the Cessnas do but not the Tiger or Archer. I think the FAA should not have made such a blanket statement, but I'm not sure how to bring it to my attention.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
1) They suggest when preflighting in winter to pay particular attention to the Crankshaft breather. They said in winter with heating and cooling vapor can condense and freeze in the line create pressure which can blow off the oil filler cap the resultant problems are numerous incluing fire and oil loss.
-My question is what the heck is a crankshaft breather
-How do I check this on preflight? Perhaps I could get to it in the Tiger but in the Archer III I can't get to anything under the cowl. The pamphlet made this seem pretty important.
2) The same pamphlet when talking about the different types of carb ice said to prevent carb ice do the following:
-use heat ground check
-use heat in the icing range
-use heat on approach and decent
The last of these concern me because the POH in the planes I fly do not state that carb heat should be used on approach and Landing. I understand that some of the Cessnas do but not the Tiger or Archer. I think the FAA should not have made such a blanket statement, but I'm not sure how to bring it to my attention.
Thanks in advance for your responses.