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Looks like fun, Bill! Saw Gary and Ed off back to W. Houston a while ago, so the delivery process is underway.

And now I am beginning to think "SparrowHawk" . . . :-)

O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy! O'Boy!

Thanks Konrad for the update!!

And now quotes from me when I got carb ice for the first time -


Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T Oh S**T


First time ever - in over 37 years.

Can tell you boys are from the south, Ed. That is a common thing up here in the wintery north. Once the temp drops I have to check for carb ice quite often. And when you get a big chunck run thru and she coughs a little, that wakes you right up.
Ed, you just need to get out of that desert and fly up in the north country.

Mike-

Nope. No thanks on the cold! This boy is cold weather wimp. Keep me in the warm area! Not hot, mind ya.... just.....


pleasent.


Can I have fries with that order????

Glad i'm not the only on that was caught off guard by carb ice the first time! It was in my first cross country in my plane (2nd flight since I bought her).

My biggest fear in that instant wasn't even my ability to find a place to set the plane down, but how I would get her towed from where ever that was and how expensive it would be! (wasn't the first or last time time I wondered if my bank account was up to airplane ownership).

I was so relieved when the engine hummed again without incident. While eating my $100 hamburger and mulling over my actions prior to the event, I figured out that carb ice was the culprit. Real forehead slapping moment, but then I don't remember ever learning about what was likely to happen as carb ice melts. To say the engine would run more rough momentarily after applying carb heat is an understatement!

On the subject of my bank account. I learned that there are many ways to make aircraft ownership more affordable. I learned to always look for many alternative solutions to problems. I also credit the experiences shared in this forum...and the wealth of technical information contained here with making the whole experience doable and more enjoyable.

My first time was as an instructor with a student. We were climbing out from Tulsa Int'l. at 5500 ft when without warning (NONE of the signs you learned were supposed to happen) the RPM dropped to 1400...then went back up. Then it dropped again...then back up. It continued to do this until I put it on the ground at a nearby airport. Oh, and of course, it was 1130 at night. Even after 45min. on the ground, it still sputtered. My boss came and got us in the 310. Next day we went back up, and nothing. Ran perfectly. Has to this day...that was about two years ago.

As luck would have it, I recently reviewed some old text on the subject of carb ice. It refered to the once common use of a MAP gauge to detect carb ice, ie., full throttle and lower than usual MAP for the variables indicates an induction restriction (carb ice, or iced filter). Some Cessna 140's came equipped with a MAP gauge, so those pilots can also use it to some extent to set mixture and power with reference to RPM. I have an old MAP gauge, and I'm considering installing it for a little experimentation and documentation. Anyone know where to tap into a C-90 or O-200 induction system for this purpose?

Very interesting. I believe I remember seeing a MP guage in TriPacers.

Tri-pacers (most of the Pipers, for that matter), have manifold pressure gagues. I've been kinda thinkin' myself over the past week or so if it might not be such a bad idea.