Carb Icing - Possible solution
In the GASCo magazine this month (Dec 04) is the 'possible' answer to pilots forgetting to adjust Carb Heat.
An inventor has come up with what seems to be the right defence against carb icing. What is even more interesting is the simplicity of the design, one has to wonder why the carburettor manufacturers had not grasp this idea way back. Well it could be that they did but it would have meant a more expensive item and that's something that is important.
What I liked about this is that it would be possible and practicable to warm the carb with engine oil and this hot oil could be fed to the carb, at and below the critical card icing temperature envelope.
Is this not a wonderful flight safety item?
Would it not save a few enforced engine off landings which end in expensive insurance claim?