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Old March 28th 06, 11:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:00:58 -0500, T o d d P a t t i s t
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I've never quite figured out why carb heat is designed this
way. I've always got carb heat on during landing,


I'm curious as to why you keep your carb heat on during landing. I
usually pull it on during my GUMP check approaching an airport but
then shut it off. If you have to do a go around, you're not going to
get full power with it on.

Alan Bloom
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