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Originally Posted by Sutts
I didn't think merlins had carb heat - have you tried this in a Spit or Hurri?
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I stand corrected..., neither A2A spit or CoD spit reacts to carb heat command...I am amazed that such a simple and potentially life saving device was not implemented on Merlin engines...
Its just a jacket around an exhaust pipe that carries heat to the air intake to melt accumulated ice (that can snuff out the engine)...just a spring loaded trap.
The piper J-3 Cub, which was first flown in 1936, had a carburator heat control.
Odd