Carb Ice

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FAA DAR Gyropilot
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Lansing, Illinois (Chicago South Suburb)
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(1) Air Command, (1) Bensen glider project (1) Air Command 2 place kit, (1) Sycamore gyro
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Glide power meaning idle I guess.

It is 98o with a dewpoint of 48 now according to AWOS. Strange to think carb ice would occur in such hot air. This is actually not in the icing range. If the DP was in the 50s it would be.
 
...It is 98o with a dewpoint of 48 now according to AWOS. Strange to think carb ice would occur in such hot air...

Grant, the FAA wants certificated carb heaters to be capable of raising the temp of incoming air by 90ºF. To me, that says someone believes 98º ambient air could easily be cooled more than 66º, to below both dewpoint and freezing, in a worst case.
 
The only times I have had Carb ice has been in Lycoming powered aircraft in the summer mid eighties. The Carb venturi does a a pretty good job of cooling the air.
 
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