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Old September 6th 08, 09:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Lonnie[_3_]
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Default Carb heat: my new policy. Any comments


"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
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I was taught to push in the carb heat with my thumb while advancing the
throttle for a go-around.

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Tman wrote:

Flying a lot of 152s and 172s with carb heat lately. When inbound, I've
been taught to pull the carb heat "on" downwind, hey actually use it as
a power control to slow the plane just a bit mid-field, and then more
importantly, just leave the thing on till clear of the runway and
cleaning up.


Never heard of this before.

I think I'm going to follow a new SOP. Turn the carb heat off on
mid-final.


Tha't what I've always been taught. Actually, I do it on short final.
There will come the day when you need full power for the go-around. Too
silly if you then have the carb heat on.




Yeah, same here.