Can we please stop assuming that fuel delivered by the accelerator pump while cranking will pool in the air box.
Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
I choose not to, I've read the POH's.
Even without the POHs, I have seen 150s where the fuel was literally dripping from the air box. Students who couldn't get the engine started on a cold day were prone to forgetting the briefing and just priming a bit more... and a bit more.... etc. If we spotted the behaviour in time we could intervene, park the aircraft in a corner where the fuel could happily drain away and cancel that student's flight. But my photo above was not the only occasion where we had a carb fire.
Please note that I am talking about the 150 here. This will of course be different on other aircraft and we have to be careful in this discussion as we are generalising in some posts and discussing specific types in others.