Original Posted By: "Chris Rusch"
Thanks for all the input....im going to order up the .188 wall tube today.--------NX321LRFully AssembledTail assembly and ailerons covered and painted.Wings covered and primed, one paintedMitsubishi PoweredRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Carb heat Filter??
Pietenpol-List: Carb heat Filter??
Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Original Posted By: "AircamperN11MS"
Ive been looking at various carb heat designs, and i notice none of them have airfilters on the carb heat side??? am I missing something? i would think youwould still want the air filterd, or am i over thinking this.--------NX321LRFully AssembledTail assembly and ailerons covered and painted.Wings covered and primed, one paintedMitsubishi PoweredRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Ive been looking at various carb heat designs, and i notice none of them have airfilters on the carb heat side??? am I missing something? i would think youwould still want the air filterd, or am i over thinking this.--------NX321LRFully AssembledTail assembly and ailerons covered and painted.Wings covered and primed, one paintedMitsubishi PoweredRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Chris,the standard is that it is unfiltered. Just be cautious when operating it on theground and on dirt strips. I try not to fly through dust storms, so in theair your engine should be just fine.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Chris,the standard is that it is unfiltered. Just be cautious when operating it on theground and on dirt strips. I try not to fly through dust storms, so in theair your engine should be just fine.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
RE: Pietenpol-List: Carb heat Filter??
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I've never seen an air filter on the carb heat side. Pulling carb heatserves two purposes - it provides warmer air to prevent or remove carburetorice, but it also provides an alternate air source in case the air filterbecomes clogged.This saved my butt years ago when flying my J-3 Cub. I was playing aroundwith toilet paper, throwing a roll out the window and letting it unroll andstream down, then seeing how many times I could cut the paper before it gotto the ground. I found the best way was to just do a series of tight loops,hitting the paper at the bottom of each loop. On one pass, I hit it rightat the wingtip, catching it in the wingtip vortex. When I made the nextloop, I found this beautiful spiral of toilet paper floating in the sky. Icouldn't resist aiming for the very center of it, which I managed to hit.Big mistake. That mass of toilet paper packed into the carb air filter andimmediately choked off the airflow. The engine sputtered and almost diedbefore I managed to pull the carb heat and open up a new air source.Once I got it on the ground (I was right over the airport), I had to pullhandfuls of smoldering toilet paper out of the cooling shrouds, in additionto peeling it out of the air filter. Not the smartest thing I've ever donewith an airplane. But it was fun!Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia-----Original Message-----
I've never seen an air filter on the carb heat side. Pulling carb heatserves two purposes - it provides warmer air to prevent or remove carburetorice, but it also provides an alternate air source in case the air filterbecomes clogged.This saved my butt years ago when flying my J-3 Cub. I was playing aroundwith toilet paper, throwing a roll out the window and letting it unroll andstream down, then seeing how many times I could cut the paper before it gotto the ground. I found the best way was to just do a series of tight loops,hitting the paper at the bottom of each loop. On one pass, I hit it rightat the wingtip, catching it in the wingtip vortex. When I made the nextloop, I found this beautiful spiral of toilet paper floating in the sky. Icouldn't resist aiming for the very center of it, which I managed to hit.Big mistake. That mass of toilet paper packed into the carb air filter andimmediately choked off the airflow. The engine sputtered and almost diedbefore I managed to pull the carb heat and open up a new air source.Once I got it on the ground (I was right over the airport), I had to pullhandfuls of smoldering toilet paper out of the cooling shrouds, in additionto peeling it out of the air filter. Not the smartest thing I've ever donewith an airplane. But it was fun!Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]"
Jack, Great story. i have never tried cutting TP by doing loops. I like the idea. I have only gone in circles. I wasn't taking full advantage of the three dimensionalworld we pilots live in. I may try that next time.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Jack, Great story. i have never tried cutting TP by doing loops. I like the idea. I have only gone in circles. I wasn't taking full advantage of the three dimensionalworld we pilots live in. I may try that next time.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Original Posted By: "Chris Rusch"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper can be dangerousHmmm....never had it block my air intake Jack but I did have it jamb up into theengine coolingeyebrows too one day and start to smolder on the top of those hot,hot cooling fins. I landed promptly andplucked the wad out trailing chards of tissue from the landing gear and X bracecables under the belly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJx9mpJ--YFF to 0:46 to see the action begin here with this pilot cutting toilet paper atOld Rhinebeck Aerodrome in NY. Crepe paper rolls are lots of fun to drop and slice too. I usually do red, white,and blue rolls on the 4th of Julyif the weather permits. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??
Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper can be dangerousHmmm....never had it block my air intake Jack but I did have it jamb up into theengine coolingeyebrows too one day and start to smolder on the top of those hot,hot cooling fins. I landed promptly andplucked the wad out trailing chards of tissue from the landing gear and X bracecables under the belly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJx9mpJ--YFF to 0:46 to see the action begin here with this pilot cutting toilet paper atOld Rhinebeck Aerodrome in NY. Crepe paper rolls are lots of fun to drop and slice too. I usually do red, white,and blue rolls on the 4th of Julyif the weather permits. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Carb heat Filter??