On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:54:42 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:

Now what was the difference between that experience and the ordinary
one where the rpms drop, then rise back to 1500?

The Selway Kid just mentioned that carb heat application also bypasses the air
filter in most aircraft. IMO, the most likely problem here is a clogged filter.

Yes, it bypasses the filter on the Cub.

Now you scare me. Clogged filter? Got unclogged?

(Must be more to carb heat than that. Bypassing the filter ought to
increase performance in every instance, or at least never decrease it.
But pulling carb heat on, in the Cub, does definitely cause a decrease
in power. In a go-around, the climb picks up as soon as I kick the
carb heat in.)



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