Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:43 pm
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So how much of a correlation between OAT and fuel temp is there all things being equal? Anyone have temp gauges?
Is it more or less risky than using a alternative fuel which my manual says is for desperate measures only?
If I stay below 5000' while sallying off to Devon am I safer because of reduced risk or vapour locking or more at risk because I've given up my gliding height?
I don't want to sound bolshy, but if I frankly if Idon't fly in summer because of mogas temp, and winter because of weather and never above 5000 I might as well get a kite...
Do microlighters just not worry about it because ultimately there's hardly ever a time you can't plonk into a hundred yards of field?
I didn't like the "feel" of the two really hot days we had and stayed down - but carb ice and whopping great cunims in the forecastwas what kept me on the ground.
Is it more or less risky than using a alternative fuel which my manual says is for desperate measures only?
If I stay below 5000' while sallying off to Devon am I safer because of reduced risk or vapour locking or more at risk because I've given up my gliding height?
I don't want to sound bolshy, but if I frankly if Idon't fly in summer because of mogas temp, and winter because of weather and never above 5000 I might as well get a kite...
Do microlighters just not worry about it because ultimately there's hardly ever a time you can't plonk into a hundred yards of field?
I didn't like the "feel" of the two really hot days we had and stayed down - but carb ice and whopping great cunims in the forecastwas what kept me on the ground.
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Scribblings of a novice PPL
Scribblings of a novice PPL