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Forum: Private Flying
23rd Nov 2014, 19:30
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

Sure, there are "art" aircraft, and yes, I've...

Sure, there are "art" aircraft, and yes, I've flown a couple. I like the RV-4 and Bellanca Viking. But who says that the only reason for a plane to exist with pride is so it can be art? Maybe...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Nov 2014, 17:20
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

Indeed it was Chuck Yeager who referred to an...

Indeed it was Chuck Yeager who referred to an astronaut in a Mercury spacecraft as "spam in a can", though Chuck was perhaps ill informed, as it was Gordon Cooper who demonstrated the remarkable...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Nov 2014, 11:59
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

Okay, so we've drifted to discussing spam cans...

Okay, so we've drifted to discussing spam cans again, because the reality of a live mag check having merit with a key type ignition switch has been established, so instead of accepting this, some...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Nov 2014, 01:13
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

I quite disagree. Some of these rotary key...

I quite disagree. Some of these rotary key switches are notoriously unreliable, and subject to AD's (perhaps you read my earlier hand propping story?)

There are lots of later model Cessnas and...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Nov 2014, 18:06
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

Jim59, will the post flight mag check as you have...

Jim59, will the post flight mag check as you have suggested, tell you if you could have a live mag after the engine has been stopped? The post flight check is often called a "Live Mag Check".
Forum: Private Flying
21st Nov 2014, 11:16
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

That's always been my procedure (for Continental...

That's always been my procedure (for Continental and Lycoming), never a problem.

The sense of abuse of aircraft piston engines seems entirely misplaced by some folk. An idling engine is pretty...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Nov 2014, 18:37
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

Sorry I could not reply to your first request for...

Sorry I could not reply to your first request for reasoning, I was outside clearing snow...

The mag switch closes a circuit to "turn a mag off" - it grounds the mag out. The fact that the "L" and...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Nov 2014, 15:53
Replies: 105
Views: 15,205
Posted By 9 lives

With a Lycoming or Continental engine at idle,...

With a Lycoming or Continental engine at idle, briefly switching off both mags will do no harm, and is good practice in my experience. Any power while doing this may result in a damaging backfire in...
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