Charlie S Charlie,
Must admit, that was a harsh title to my previous post...but deliberatly so.
I thank you for bringing it up on this forum...some pilots / operators most likely will never had known about the changes if you hadn't.
I wasn't really getting at you. Judging from your posts in this thread (and in this forum generally), I believe you to be a concientious, thinking pilot...the sort I'd fly with anyday.
My comments were really meant to alert the many operators and pilots who might just think they carry the POH to satisfy the law...and nothing more. Some pilots I talk to, couldn't even tell you the general layout of a POH, much less anything important contained therein.
As for the debate as to whether the govenor would stop a 'throttle-open-at-startup' overspeed, I agree in that I don't think it would. The reply I got when I rang RHC was that the Govenor On is to ensure control of the RPM when up at 102%. Anytime the collective is raised from flat pitch (horn check or liftoff), there is a rise in RPM. This has obviously caught unwary pilots out before. Again SN-36.
Regarding whether it is difficult to control the RPM at 75% during mag. checks and warm-up....
a) I started doing this as per new POH and have found no problems with this. Our students are going to be pilots! If they can't control RPM on warmup, what makes us think they'll be able to control RPM in a 180 auto! As instructors, same applies. If we can't monitor a warmup close enough to stop RPM creeping up, maybe we should hang up our cyclics and try another proffession!
b) If we don't startup according to the POH (i.e. take our own decision as to what's best rather than follow what the manufacturer has decided is best), what sort of role model behaviour does that show to students.
c) Is there a legal implication to disregarding the procedures in the POH.
Lastly, regarding all the other weird and wonderful startup procedures I have heard of and witnessed....
...I cannot see any reason not to start up as per POH. It seems safe and logical to me.
Anyway, thanks for your reply...again, not really meant at you...
CL12PV2S