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Originally Posted by GHARBEN
Thank you both for your insight. I wasn't sure if it was a fuel system or a carburetor issue.
Does this occure during aileron rolls also?
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With a carb., the engine will quit anytime the airplane isn't in a positive (at least slightly) G condition. The design concept of a carburetor is that it be exposed to normal (positive) G loading. They work fine with more than 1 G.
So if by aileron roll you are talking about a roll about the longitudinal axis with little to no altitude or pitch change, yes the engine will quit because that type of roll can't be done without some negative G's.
There are a lot of alternative roll maneuvers that can be done with a carburetor though.
One example would be a barrel roll.... the entire maneuver is done at 1 G.