PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Automatic Mixture - now there's a thought...
Old 4th January 2007 | 20:15
  #2 (permalink)  
Intruder
25 Anniversary
Veteran: Navy
 
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 3,204
Likes: 2
From: Seattle
Many older airplane recip engines use excess fuel to help keep temperatures under control. Using a lean mixture may cause "hot spots" in individual cylinders at high power settings.
Intruder is offline  
Reply