Alex Clark
Registered User
Life Long Alaskan
I was with the new owner of a Wren 460 yesterday. ( a C-182 with extreme stol wings and canards)
Because the weather was all misty I told him to give the carb heat a few seconds.
Well we went from 2350 squared to 1700 and choking real fast. The nose dropped and it was interesting.
So today the new owner took it to a local IA ( non-pilot) who is thinking it is because of the small 3 inch scat tubing being sucked upon by a O-520 engine. I think my O-520 uses 3 inch tube for the carb heat set up and it does not do this....
A call to the previous owner revealed that he tried the carb heat once 3 years ago and never tried it since then...
I thought it might have been a messed up vent flap or maybe somebody left a rag in the scat tube during an annual.
Anyway, no cure so far... It also has an electronic ignition on one side...
I will post more info about that highly modified C-182...
Because the weather was all misty I told him to give the carb heat a few seconds.
Well we went from 2350 squared to 1700 and choking real fast. The nose dropped and it was interesting.
So today the new owner took it to a local IA ( non-pilot) who is thinking it is because of the small 3 inch scat tubing being sucked upon by a O-520 engine. I think my O-520 uses 3 inch tube for the carb heat set up and it does not do this....
A call to the previous owner revealed that he tried the carb heat once 3 years ago and never tried it since then...
I thought it might have been a messed up vent flap or maybe somebody left a rag in the scat tube during an annual.
Anyway, no cure so far... It also has an electronic ignition on one side...
I will post more info about that highly modified C-182...