REFLECTOR: Flight testing

Karl J. Warner karljwarnerpa at earthlink.net
Thu May 10 10:46:24 CDT 2012


Mine idles at 800 with the mag and Rose EI on and 600 on the mag only.  For short field I'll shut off the EI once I commit to land and this solved the engine quitting problem I had with everything turned down to 600 or so.  This is on a IO-360 btw.
On May 10, 2012, at 11:27 AM, reflector-request at tvbf.org wrote:

> From: "Douglas Holub" <douglas.holub at gmail.com>
> Date: May 10, 2012 11:07:57 AM EDT
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Flight testing
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> 
> Same with me. When it slows down below 50 kts I need to give it a little gas or the engine quits.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Derrick" <scott at tnstaafl.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:41 AM
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>> David a real need for V's is an idle rpm much nearer 600 or even lower. The difference in landing distance between an idle of 800 and 600 is astounding!
>> 
>> I actually set mine for 600-550, which is spec.  I have to be careful after landing when the roll out slows to below 50 knots to give the throttle a quick blip as sometimes the engine may stop, but I put up with that as it really shortens the landing distance.
>> 
>> Scott
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