Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:58:09 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta13.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with ESMTP id 827935 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:26:02 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.44; envelope-from=dfs155@adelphia.net Received: from f3g6s4 ([69.172.194.248]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20051111192510.VRUG9413.mta13.adelphia.net@f3g6s4> for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:25:10 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <004601c5e6f5$9c4264a0$f8c2ac45@losaca.adelphia.net> From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: [LML] Re: OAT probe location X-Original-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:25:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Chuck Jensen wrote: >>"A venture (sic) would affect it the same but in the opposite direction. A low pressure area will have a lower temp than ambient (which is why carburetors ice up at 50F.">> Not really. The temperature drop in a carb venturi is primarily due to the vaporization (atomization?) of the fuel - generally in the range of around 60 dF. While there may be some small second order effects from the pressure drop of the air but it would be overwhelmed by the effects from the fuel. Dan Schaefer