For me, the reports of icing in Florida must be
taken seriously. That there is not a large number
of icing reports is not necessarily encouraging,
since the majority of flight hours are on classics,
which don't have the cold air plenum that was
added with the XS kit.
The Skydrive heater is insurance I would
not want to fly without, particularly when
there is no performance down side.
Terry Seaver
A135
BRYNALL@aol.com wrote:
> The Skydrive Carb heater is simply a hot water jacket around the butterfly
> valve of the carb. It keeps the valve hot enough to stop ice forming onto it.
> Probably the heat conducts far enough down the ventury section to do the same
> there.
>
> There is certainly no attempt to warm the air, or mixture.
>
> With the relatively close proximity of the rear exhaust pipes to the carbs, I
> would question the need for additional heating of the carb metalwork. The
> radiant heat in that enclosed environment must make it quite hot in that
> area. So hot, that we are advised to fix heat insulation to any fuel pipes
> right up to the carbs.
>
> Could this be why the Europa does not ice up? Would it be a good idea to fix
> a thermocouple to the carbs to find out. Any volunteers? Mine is not flying
> at the moment.
>
> Regards.....Bryan Allsop
>
> PS Incidentally. Has anyone experienced dimensional changes in the exhaust
> pipes in the first 50 hours? My silencer has dropped between services, and I
> cannot get it back to the original relationship with the engine.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:17:11 GMT
From: Majordomo@lists.flyer.co.uk
Subject: Majordomo file: list 'europa' file 'europa.0012'
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