As I understand it, the reason aviation carburetors don't have choke plates is because a failure of any part of the choke plate/valve, springs, actuator, etc. would cause the engine to quit.
Aviation carburetors are supposedly a "fail-safe" design in that any broken part will cause the engine to go to take-off power, rather than idle (as in automotive carburetors). -- Dan Nafe SCUBA-Training.net 5976 20th Street #212 Vero Beach, FL 32966 voice: 772 299 0057 fax: 772 299 6257 http://www.scuba-training.net e-mail: d...@scuba-training.net
