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Re: Katana carbs

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Katana carbs
From: "Glenna S. Hall" <gshall@halcyon.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 21:13:24 -0800
This is a bit late, but I'm running a week behind. Barry Fox
wrote about the Katana trainer: 
 
     ... there is no mixture control on the panel like most
     carburetted aircraft, because "it has a carb which
     automatically compensates for altitude".  The picture of the
     engine shows what appears to be a CD175 perched right in the
     middle!  Maybe a similar carb built under license in either
     Germany or Austria, as the plane has Austrian registration  

The January '94 issue of AOPA Pilot has an article about the
Katana also. It states that "there's no mixture control to
mismanage, thanks to the Rotax's self-compensating dual Bing
carburetors."  Bing ring a bell with anyone?

Ironically, since the use of mixture control is part of primary
flight training, another airplane whould have to be used for part
of the training. 

               -Richard Hall






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