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BOYS !! BOYS !! BOYS !!!
CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?? TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE !! Ted Heath wrote: > Mike thank fuck there are people like you who are not too scared to point > out to these cowboys, that they can do what they want but dont influence > other people. > I fly in an area that is certain death or a ditching if the engine fails on > my 582.My circuit is right over a congested residential area and the sea. > I like to know the fuel mixture of my engine is right and equal. > > Ted Heath > ZKTED > > "Mike Marini" > news:O8FM5.54028$Z2.775124@nnrp1.uunet.ca... > > You guys are all cowboys eh? > > > > Its probably true that having thousands of hours flying ULs can give you > the > > confidence > > to fly without instruments or even scheduled maintenance > > > > However, for what its worth, I feel better with MORE info rather than > less. > > We live in an > > area where the atmospheric conditions change drastically in a short time > and > > watched as > > my instructor struggled to keep the 582 in our trainer jetted correctly. > In > > the 701 that I fly > > there isnt enough performance margin available to fly out of mixture. If > > the engine is running > > rich you can usually see it (or smell it) in the run-up but no guarantee > > that you will see a lean > > mixture. > > > > Maybe its a measure of inexperience, but Id go for the gauge anyway > > > > MM > > > > BTW Does anyone use those HAC (altitude compensating carbuerettors) that > I > > see advertised > > in the LEAF catalog? Do they work? > > > > > > > > Mark Smith > > news:3A030BE5.106F@trikite.com... > > > Daniel Grunloh wrote: > > > > > > ,,,,,,,,,,,,, the hair was standing up on the back > > > > of my neck. Good engine instruments would not have > > > > helped. Better attention outside the cockpit was needed. > > > > > > Isnt this really the best possible instrument,the little man inside > > > us that says what you are doing is really foolish, > > > > > > glad you have one,,,,, > > > > > > glad I have one too, > > > > > > But for some reason, he says very little when I fly with no EGT gauge > > > !!!!!! > > > > > > and I wish I could make them and sell them to new students !!!!! the > > > little men that is, not the gauges,,, > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Mark Smith > > > Tri-State Kite Sales http://www.trikite.com > > > 1121 N Locust St > > > Mt Vernon, IN 47620 mailto:mark@trikite.com > > > > |
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