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[@mariogonchido2664]

Love this kind of content!

[@Capt.WillyB]

That’s why you clear the engine with a momentary increase in rpm, if the aircraft has carburetor heat, it is used on descent

[@wabuchanan]

This would be a lot of fun. I was a jumper waaaay back in '78-82. Now as a pilot I could see doing this from the Pilots seat.

[@danwaldie4661]

What about shock cooling the engine on descent?

[@peroleable]

But piston aircooled engines dont like the desending fast activity....

[@TNAVproject]

400 hours looking for work (: