I've experienced ice with Continentals on the ground in the lovely warm
months of July and August. Finally learned to pull the carb heat one last
time just as I rolled into position and to get rid of it as I added takeoff
power. It ain't the heat, it's the humidity.

Bob Gardner

"Jose" wrote in message
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I had a situation in the Shenandoah Valley where, during runup when I
checked smooth operation at idle, the engine quit. It started up easily
enough, but quit again at idle. Taxiied back, went to the shop and they
poked around with the plugs and a few other things, finding nothing. Their
theory was that it was carb ice.

Never had carb ice on the ground before.

Several hours later I took off with no problem (during taxi and runup I
applied carb heat periodically).

Plane was a Dakota.

Jose
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