Warning for Cub Pilots!
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Yep, flew this summer with an 11000 hour SC pilot from Alaska who had a set of pics like that of his own, one ofwhich related to water in the fuel. He was PARANOID about checking for water, understandably!
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OK, guys - I made the fatal mistake of a quick look at a couple of piccies on a SuperCub site which allegedly contains piccies of Cubs and not looking too closely. My a/c recce never was up to much!!
PS I still like the piccies, whatever aircraft they are!!
PS I still like the piccies, whatever aircraft they are!!
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First pic IS a Super Cub, albeit one fitted with some kind of belly pack. The machine dropped through the ice looks like a straight-tail C170 or similar to me.
You cannot over-use the carb heat control in any A-65 equipped Cub. The little Continental may be one of the most reliable aero engines of all time, but it is highly prone to carb icing.
Little-known factoid: in the USA, Continental motors called themselves just that because, in the early part of the 20th century, technology from the Old World had a far better reputation than the home-grown equivalent. How times change!
You cannot over-use the carb heat control in any A-65 equipped Cub. The little Continental may be one of the most reliable aero engines of all time, but it is highly prone to carb icing.
Little-known factoid: in the USA, Continental motors called themselves just that because, in the early part of the 20th century, technology from the Old World had a far better reputation than the home-grown equivalent. How times change!