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SECTICN
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SPECIAL
ffiATINC
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Fl.oat
flyinq
off
watet 16 a falrly
lare occurrence ln
Gleat
alitaln,
but 1f
you
do
fly off
water
tlere
ale
dangers to
your
engine
you
\.,onrt experience
on
land.
SoDe
of
t-hese
danger6 ale t
ate! lngestion on tale-off
or landing
due to
spray
anal splash,
tracklrlg
of
hlgh
ten-slon spark, corroslon,
electrolysls,
and
lrolst
of all
unlntentional aubEerslon, slnllar
probleDs
can
exist 1f
flytng close
to tle
coast
or
off beaches, s'hel.e salt anal sand
can
afso
be a hazald.
rhe
htgh carboD
content of
htgh
quality
bearlngs,
crar*shaft
etc. are
highly
susceptlble
t! colroslon.
Slmthettc olls, although
good
lubrtcants, often attract
Eolsture rathe!
than repel
lt.
I
e
gooa quallty
air
intale
systeD
{1.e.
K & N oll- lDpregnated
fllter}
will
plevent
Ioost
plobleEs.
lO.y
rfft.t eleEents
{paper
tt'pe
)
are not acceptable
especially 1D rootst
condltions. They FiII a.bsolb rat€r
and choke the engine causing
over rlch
carburetlon Dlxto.res
whlc-tr
result ln enqlne
Dolrer
foss.
I
e
pre-flignt
spray over tfre exposed lgnltlon coroponents l,ith
a
water
:.epelent
splay wtU help
to
plevent
elect).lcal
plobleEs
ilue to
t{ate!
anal salt.
NOTE:
lrost englnes
are
fttted
vith
nolse leductlon
kit
consistlng of an lntE-ke
sllencer and after Euffler. ReEoval of the lntake silencer
{of fltttng,
if
t}le
engine vas supplied l'it})out one,) v111
necessltate
alteratlons to
t}le
carburetter
calibratloD.
Englne
danage could lesult
if
carburetler ls not
,etted
correctly.
EnquLre
at
your
ileale:. for
nore lnfornation.
I
on aircraft equipped
wftn
englne cowllngs
you
must
ensure blowe!
lnlet
size ls
not restricteC aid exit lE double ehe lnlet area. there shoulai be no
circulatton
b€tween Lr,1et and exit on col'11nq.
CARBT'RTTTER ICING In coDEon nLtl
all sildla!
calburetters, tclng 1n t-be throat
of t!,e carburetter can occrE unde!
certaln
conditlons,
partlcularly
Fben tl1e alr
tebperature
ls lcw and
the
hreidity hlgh. Excessive
lcing can cause
rough
rLnrinq,
a stickitlg tirottle, and
posslbly
total engine
failure. Even
slight lclng,
'"_hich
oay be undetected, caD cause
ploblebs
as lce
fofireal
1n
the carburettor
lrill
$elt
.)
rlhen t}e englne
ls
stopped.
and can tric}le dolrn lnto
t-he float chaDber
whlch
bay
teail
to a
blocked
Jet
and an englne fa11u!e on the subsequent flight. A carburetter
':
heatlng
systeE
ts avatlable
to
countelact t}|ls lctng
plobleE. If
a heating systeE
1s not fitted, elthe! avolil operating
ln
condltlons \rhere tcing nay occur, or, lf
you
suspect 1cln9,
make
frequent
ple-fught
checks
to
dete&lne whether there are
,ate! &opfets ln tne float chaEb€r
by renovlDg
the
boul
anal
lnst)ectlng
b€fore each
fltoht.
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