Hey dp,
Seen as I am a Dublin man myself I can only persume you did your training in Weston, and then it was an instructer in the NFC that set you straight about the carb heat!
And you now say you have moved to another club... makes me wonder is it a club based in Dublin Apt?...if it is I am a member of that club also drop me an email:
[email protected]
Anyway Carb Heat:
I was thought from the guys in NFC to:
-carb heat check as part of landing/downwind checks (heat for aprox 10 secs)
- full carb heat on either base/finals once the RPM guage is out of the green arc. Carb heat stays on until the wheels touch down.
-full cold then applied on the ground for either a touch and go or full stop
As a rule of thumb I use carb heat when ever the Rpm guage is out of the green arc, it makes sence because if its out of the green arc, you are not using max thrust, therefore your not climbing, your also not cruising because that is done within the green arc, therefore you must be decending or flying slow.... Carb heat is always a good idea in these phases of flight in my opinion.
G74