Hello,
Had a couple questions about carb ice. I flew my cub for about 1 year/120 hours with no carb ice problems while taxiing.
A few weeks ago while heading to the runway my airplane died on me. After messing around figured out it was carb ice. Plane ran fine with carb heat on.
Questions:
1. Could something have changed to make it start having problems with carb ice? I don't understand why it "just" started happening. It did happen when temps dropped, but I flew it last winter too with no problems.
2. With full carb heat on, the aircraft spits and sputters pretty bad at full throttle. If I went full power for a go-around the engine would not run right until I get the carb heat out. Is that normal? I thought carb heat should only cause an RPM drop.
Any input is appreciated.
Had a couple questions about carb ice. I flew my cub for about 1 year/120 hours with no carb ice problems while taxiing.
A few weeks ago while heading to the runway my airplane died on me. After messing around figured out it was carb ice. Plane ran fine with carb heat on.
Questions:
1. Could something have changed to make it start having problems with carb ice? I don't understand why it "just" started happening. It did happen when temps dropped, but I flew it last winter too with no problems.
2. With full carb heat on, the aircraft spits and sputters pretty bad at full throttle. If I went full power for a go-around the engine would not run right until I get the carb heat out. Is that normal? I thought carb heat should only cause an RPM drop.
Any input is appreciated.