Engineer Carb Anti-Ice
Engineer Carb Anti-Ice
The last two flights I had a carb ice warning and with the anti-ice switches on the engineer panel I supposed he would take care of that, he did not. Now I wonder if he in fact does not handle that, if it is an error in my installation or if it just takes some time until the engineer deems anti-ice to be necessary , because in both cases the ice warning was only there for about 5 minutes.
Re: Engineer Carb Anti-Ice
I know this might be nonsensical, but I believe those would be the incorrect switches for this situation. Despite the fact they are labeled "Carb Anti-Ice." They are for another type of icing, which affects a different part of the carburetor. I believe what you encountered was traditional "carburetor icing" which is different.
I don't use the Virtual Flight Engineer, so I can't comment on that. But I know from reading the forums his command of the panel isn't complete for all flight conditions.
I don't use the Virtual Flight Engineer, so I can't comment on that. But I know from reading the forums his command of the panel isn't complete for all flight conditions.
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Re: Engineer Carb Anti-Ice
I do not rely on the FE to do his job either. That said you can control carb ice in two methods. Depending on flight stage, altitude, current conditions you can use the carb heat levers or use the Carb Anti-Ice switches momentarily. The switches will almost immediately take care of the problem but if icing conditions continue you will need to keep watching and switching them on. The carb heat levers might be enough to crack them to 15-20% until conditions improve. As a new Connie Captain way back when and letting the FE run things I do remember seeing the icing warning and turning the switches on only to have him turn them off post-haste. I believe the FE is programed to wait until icing is becoming detrimental before taking action.
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Re: Engineer Carb Anti-Ice
With those insights you both gave I think I can now be quite sure what was happening, thanks
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