efore burning gasoline in an aircraft piston engine, it needs to be vaporized and mixed with oxygen in the right quantities, and this is facilitated by either a carburetor or a fuel injector. In the case of carburetors, a float-type chamber collects and distributes fuel to the induction system. Air speeds up in the manifold, fuel is vaporized and mixed with air before entering the engine, and this fuel-air mixture moves through the induction system to the engine’s cylinders. Finally, the mixture is ignited by spark plugs and power is produced.