The Aviator

In today’s post we are going to talk about a very important topic: carburettor icing. Hopefully your all healthy so let’s get started Mainly float-type carburettors have high probabilities for encountering icing as it works on the principle of a Venturi that will decrease pressure and so decrease temperature significantly. This allows for easy ice build up. Once Ice is present it will restrict the flow of the mixture decreasing Power until the engine fails. ... Icing is most likely to happen below 21C with a relative humidity above 80% So caution should be taken! When Icing is present there will be a drop in Rpm for fixed pitch propellers and a decrease in manifold pressure for constant speed props however no reduction in rpm. TO prevent or de ice the carburettor heat is applied it works on the principle of taking warm air heated by the cylinders it should be mentioned that it is unfiltered air posing dangers while taxiing. Btw if u have read till here you have a great attention span keep it up Happy Landing ;) Follow us @howtoaviation Fore MORE AVIATION Posts . Tag a friend who LOVES Aviation . PLEASE leave a LIKE if you enjoy this content . A good PILOT is always LEARNING . Check out our BLOG howtoaviation.com See more

Hopefully everyone is all healthy and in this post we discuss different types of reciprocating engines. A reciprocating engine basically works on the principle of turning chemical energy found in fuel into mechanical energy. Since the invention different types were developed: Radial Engines, Horizontally opposed, inline, they all have their up and down sides. Radial engines were widely used during ww2 and many are still in use today. The cylinders are arranged in... a circular pattern around the crankcase. The main advantage is the good power-to-weight ratio. Btw if u have read till here you have a great attention span keep it up Happy Landing ;) Follow us @howtoaviation Fore MORE AVIATION Posts . Tag a friend who LOVES Aviation . PLEASE leave a LIKE if you enjoy this content . A good PILOT is always LEARNING . Check out our BLOG howtoaviation.com See more

Good afternoon depending on where you live. Hopefully your are all healthy! #staysafe In this post We will discuss the 2-stroke engine in an earlier post we have seen the 4-stroke engine based on spark plug ignition. The 2-stroke engine is based on self ignition So let’s get started Two types of reciprocating engines exist the ignition through spark plugs found in the 4-stroke engine and the principle of self-ignition through compression ... The two-stroke engine uses pressurized air and direct fuel injection to create the power necessary to create thrust The 2-stroke takes the chemical energy found in fuel to turn it into mechanical energy. THE PRINCIPLE on how it works is shown in the diagram Above. Its first cycle is intake compression and exhaust and the second stroke is the power stoke. The use of 2-stroke engines in aviation is low due to its large inefficiency and disproportionate emissions however it has higher power-to-weight ratios than the typical 4-stroke engine! Btw if u have read till here you have a great attention span keep it up Happy Landing ;) Follow us @howtoaviation Fore MORE AVIATION Posts . Tag a friend who LOVES Aviation . PLEASE leave a LIKE if you enjoy this content . A good PILOT is always LEARNING . Check out our BLOG howtoaviation.com See more

Good Morning depending on where you live In this post We will show you the basic controls of most aircrafts. The Yoke can be either turned left or right this will bank the aircraft either to the Left or Right. Pulling on the yoke will pitch the aircraft up so increasing the angle of attack. Pushing will do the opposite it will decrease the angle of attack lowering the nose ... The pedals located on the floor will allow you to control the rudder of the plane most smaller aircraft have the rudder coupled with the nose allowing nose steering on the ground. In this cockpit: cessna pushing your foot downwards will also allow you to brake and deccelerate the plane. THE throttle controls the amount of mixture entering the inlet manifold of the engine. This means as you increase the throttle so pushing it forward will increase power output and this will increase propeller thrust allowing the aircraft to speed up The propeller control also known as the blue knob controls the blade angle to increase its effectiveness when flying at higher cruise speeds this control is only available for variable pitch aircarfts without fixed blade propeller The Mixture (red knob) controls the amount of fuel added to the air in the carburetor this is important at higher altitudes where density decreases you have to decrease fuel supply in order to keep the CCM chemical correct mixture up not overriching or leaning the muxture Btw if u have read till here you have a great attention span keep it up Happy Landing ;) Follow us @howtoaviation Fore MORE AVIATION Posts . Tag a friend who LOVES Aviation . PLEASE leave a LIKE if you enjoy this content . A good PILOT is always LEARNING . Check out our BLOG howtoaviation.com See more