ORIGINAL: Kmot
Cold and wet is bad too. Major difference between cold, dense !QUOT!dry!QUOT! air and humid air.
Indeed. Large aero engines (non fuel-injected) suffer from intake icing under these !QUOT!cold and wet!QUOT! conditions which is more the risk for performance loss. I do not see any reason why their little brothers in our models would not have the same problem. Fortunately in my country, the climate is not generally conducive to these icing conditions (only a couple of locations on the east coast that MAY have exposure), but you North American and European types may have seen this phenomenon. I would be interested to hear any tales of carby icing [8D]