X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [206.46.252.44] (HELO vms044pub.verizon.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 962593 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 24 May 2005 22:34:57 -0400 Received: from [63.24.49.154] ([63.24.48.17]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IH0000UWXTXYKR1@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 24 May 2005 21:34:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:34:40 -0700 From: Ken Welter Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] carb heat In-reply-to: X-Sender: res0c5l1@incoming.verizon.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1095134006==_ma============" References: --============_-1095134006==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" All I use for carb heat is a block under the carb that has water passages through it to heat the carb base. I have it there as regulations say you must have carb heat but I have never had carb ice and never use it but my radiator is mounted ahead of the engine and preheats the air around the carb and the air going into it except for when the air ram is opened up. I do turn the hot base heat on when flying into sub zero temps to heat the air for better fuel atomization and combustion. Ken >Ken; What size scat tube do I need for the 48 Weber for carb heat. >Is the 2" large enough or do I need to go to 2 1/2". JohnD --============_-1095134006==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Re: [FlyRotary] carb heat
  All I use for carb heat is a block under the carb that has water passages through it to heat the carb base.
 I have it there as regulations say you must have carb heat but I have never had carb ice and never use it but my radiator is mounted ahead of the engine and preheats the air around the carb and the air going into it except for when the air ram is opened up.
 I do turn the hot base heat on when flying into sub zero temps to heat the air for better fuel atomization and combustion.
  Ken



Ken;  What size scat tube do I need for the 48 Weber for carb heat.  Is the 2" large enough or do I need to go to 2 1/2".  JohnD

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