Originally Posted by
moonburn
Hi Genghis,
Yes it is, but what I am trying to find out is why a flight training organisation has made the statement that use of carb heat on the approach can cause carb icing. For a certainty Piper do say fly the approach with cold selected but the POH then seems to say that this is in order to obtain full power on a go around and avoid detonation. There is no mention of carb heat causing icing and so I repeat, Is there any official publication, bulletin, AD, AIC etc: that has caused this FTO to make such a claim with specific reference to the PA28 ?
Thanks all for the input and happy new year.
Happy new year to you too.
By best guess, if you'd like it, is that this training organisation made it up on the basis of some FI's half-baked understanding, and then put it in writing.
Why not ask them for their source of reference - I'll bet a fiver they haven't got one that holds water.
G