Wed May 11, 2022 2:14 pm
#1911072
I have spent the last couple of years flying Warrirors and whilst I use the carb heat I’ve never had a rough running engine. A couple of weeks ago I went out in a Cessna 182 from the ‘70s, a new plane to me and the owner (who is used to flying high performance planes).
On take off the climb performance was terrible, it was a warm sunny day but pretty hazy. En-route to our destination the engine ran rough and the carb temp gauge dropped to 0c very quickly.
We put carb heat on, it ran a bit better but as the heat was put on or taken off it ran very rough at the mid point….we debated magnetos, spark plugs, water in fuel, carb icing.
At the destination airfield ops had the carb icing chart out with a big red cross in the middle of the high risk zone. BINGO.
We used carb heat after power checks and then religiously every 15 mins in flight, no issues on the return. A quick scan of the internet showed what a huge issue carb ice is on the old 182s. We had the prefect storm, a new plane, perfect carb icing conditions and no detailed check list that covered carb heat post power checks.
We survived and learnt, but if we had an EFTO we had no where to put it down, just a hill covered in trees and buildings….. Can you plan for every eventuality before you take off?
On take off the climb performance was terrible, it was a warm sunny day but pretty hazy. En-route to our destination the engine ran rough and the carb temp gauge dropped to 0c very quickly.
We put carb heat on, it ran a bit better but as the heat was put on or taken off it ran very rough at the mid point….we debated magnetos, spark plugs, water in fuel, carb icing.
At the destination airfield ops had the carb icing chart out with a big red cross in the middle of the high risk zone. BINGO.
We used carb heat after power checks and then religiously every 15 mins in flight, no issues on the return. A quick scan of the internet showed what a huge issue carb ice is on the old 182s. We had the prefect storm, a new plane, perfect carb icing conditions and no detailed check list that covered carb heat post power checks.
We survived and learnt, but if we had an EFTO we had no where to put it down, just a hill covered in trees and buildings….. Can you plan for every eventuality before you take off?
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