Timeline for Should I have carb heat on for landing in a C152?
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| Nov 2, 2017 at 10:19 | comment | added | MissMoira | Thank you Michael. I've only just gone solo so am a long way from the final exam. Costs limit me to one lesson a week! But I will continue to listen in to the debate - and there IS a debate. Believe me, there are a number of pilots and instructors who swear by carb heat cold BEFORE landing. I've met them. I wonder how it all started - this decision to go against the manual? It seems be more prevalent in the UK. Why??? | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 22:07 | comment | added | user | @MissMoira I'd rather say that if the examiner fails your check ride because you follow the procedures specifically laid out for the maneuver in question in the POH for the aircraft you perform the check ride in, then the onus is on the examiner to explain why they're failing you! They just might possibly have a reason for doing so, but they had better be able to explain it in light of what the POH says, whatever that is. Surely they shouldn't be failing you for, say, slowing down to below VFE before fully extending flaps, so why should carb heat during landing be different? | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 20:15 | comment | added | MissMoira | Pondlife! Thank you. There does seem to be a difference in the approach (ha! good pun!) of some instructors. I prefer to go with the manual. And as for the examiner.... perhaps the examiner should listen to me and all these replies! | |
| Nov 1, 2017 at 14:06 | history | edited | Pondlife | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 1, 2017 at 14:00 | history | answered | Pondlife | CC BY-SA 3.0 |