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Old 3rd May 2012, 22:34
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abgd
 
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Is it true to say that the aircraft that are not prone to carb icing don't make full use of their engine's potential capacity? For example, you could fly a c152 around all day with carb heat on, but you wouldn't get the best out of it when it came to go-arounds and climb performance.

Presumably aircraft that continuously heat the carburettor, by whatever means, are effectively doing this?
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