Most Student pilots never get a chance to see the engine with the cowling off. I think it is very important to know the systems of the engine. Let me walk you through the engine systems, what they look like, and explain how they operate.
just had my first flight in a 172 last week and everything i experienced in flight makes a lot more sense now that i see the engine a little more in depth. thanks for this video!
Very nice and thorough explanation of engine systems. If you don’t work on these it’s difficult to appreciate the lesson you give. 🙏 thanks you and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I find it very easy to understand how the whole system works. Just wondering, I understand that the air goes through the exhaust strut is heated and funneled inside the carb heater box. Does that air go through a filter before going through the carb? I'm a student and just need to understand. Maybe I'm missing something. Thank you so much
No the air going through the carb heater box is not filtered. Its not meant to run that air through the carb for too long as it is unfiltered and is thinner air due to it being heated. You will have a slight degradation in engine performance but its only meant to deice the carb so its ok for short periods.
Nice job..question on my 172K the carb heat flaper has alot of wiggle room at the box is that normal? I took off the filter and can see it moving when pulled in cockpit. While doing run up I barely get a drop in rpm but at high power settings in flight I get at least 150 or so so I know its working..
Great video. Lots of good information. Kind of quick but good overall. I did see something interesting forward of the left side firewall. A DC external plug. Is that standard or an STC?
Learnt a lot about the basic components on the engine. Question is, if a TTOH is 2,000hrs, is that TIME in the AIR or total time the engine is on. It seems that there is a lot of time spend sitting on the runway before/after flying that is not a stressful to the engine as flying itself. Thanks.
That's Correct Luis! its either it has a Generator or it has an Alternator. We actually converted all of our planes from generators to alternators recently. Just because they are more efficient and tend to last longer
Great video But I was wondering if you could explain the pistons with a little bit more information. Is it still a four stroke system with the intake, compression, power and exhaust?
I'm not a pilot, but I am a mechanic for cars with 20 years experience, yet have been fascinated with aircraft (but due to my poor eyesight from a distance). Excuse me for saying but that seems to not only be a very small air filter, but most of the air, or what is "heated air" coming into the engine from side tubes isn't filtered at all?? Did I see that correctly? Maybe aircraft engines are far more efficient than car engines? Guess I need to learn more, but that doesn't seem prudent at all. And using carburetors instead of fuel injection?
