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Old 4th April 2018 | 00:13
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LeadSled
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Folks,
Once again, the anti-LOP troglodytes are out in force, again! All those airlines, over years of "big pistons" had it all wrong!! Pratt & Whitney and Curtis Wright had it all wrong.

Our semi-illiterate mate Connedrod, has chucked his two bob's worth in --- Rod, for your information, at a given HP output, the aircraft performance will be the same, the only difference at, say 65% power, ROP and 65% power, LOP is the fuel flow -- unless you have invented ROP/HP and LOP/HP.

As for the whole document, it is a simplistic "teaching you to suck eggs" effort.

Amazingly, I did know you are supposed to get all the blast cleaning material out after I have cleaned a plug --- and I would hope every LAME, indeed every first year apprentice (if there is still such a thing), knows.

I do highly recommend the small Champion book and card for reading plug condition. And please use a recommended tool to adjust gap, not as I saw quite recently, a plug clamped in a vice, and the "adjustment" being "achieved" with a hammer and cold chisel.

Engine manufacturer's manuals for particular engines are a far more reliable guide to the engine capability, than an AFM/POH for reasons made obvious (marketing edge) in a previous post.

Tootle pip!!

PS: Eddie, our mate Lead Balloon is actually very well qualified in the aero MRO field, I hope he doesn't mind me letting the cat out of the bag.
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