<VV> Corvaircraft : humidity and temperature in SoCal ?

[Charles Lee]

I can't say whether air speed will cause the high humidity and the
temperature close to the freezing point in this area of SoCal where the
crash occurred ?
Humidity is typically single digits here, and even in winter doesn't
increase very much (except it's the only time of year foliage actually turns
green, and stays green for any length of time.)

Temperature sometimes gets so low we have to run our AC off !

I don't know at what altitude this Corvair pilot was flying when it stalled,
but it didn't seem to be stratospheric ?

Of course, "wind chill" could be a factor, but I don't recall any report of
his air speed either ?

Charlie


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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Clark Hartzel
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:38 AM
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Subject: <VV> Corvaircraft

So far I have not seen the obvious problem causing the engine to
stall...Carb Icing!  This has happened to me with Corvair FC's so up in the
cooler air and hi-speed air flow the carb may not get heat and ice up at
part throttle.  This happens when the humidity is high and the temperature
is close to the freezing point.
Clark Hartzel

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