Frog Pan - pleased you found my " No Ice Thank You" useful. Reference your experience - if when hovering you are over wet grass or any wet surface without sufficient carb heat applied, you will have ice forming in the carb'. On an R22 you need about 15 deg C indicated, just out of the yellow is not sufficient. One of the most important gauges in the cockpit (apart from the RPM indication) is your carb' heat gauge, however so many pilots do not, or do not know how to check its accuracy. Pleased that the outcome of your experience was positive. Regards Dick Sanford.
Last edited by Dick Sanford; 12th Sep 2012 at 22:34.