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Old 6th February 2004 | 06:32
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1. Anyone tell me why its called a "Dead Cut", if you are not going to switch off completely? (NOT saying you should).
Why isnt it another Mag Check, at a lower rpm? Far less confusing.

2. Anyone tell me why we were tought to bo back to both mags after checking one, before checking the other? Whats the logic?

I understand it with separate switches (as in Super Cub, Tiger etc) but not with a key system. Surely what you are doing is checking each system at certain power settings? Seems unnecessary to go through one system to get the one you want to check and you already know the 2 mags on RPM.

Are these ancient urban myths?

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