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Old 5th January 2007 | 00:55
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Old Smokey
 
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The carburettor on the Gipsy Queen 70 MkII operates schedules Lean mixture below a given Boost/RPM threshold and increasingly Richer mixtures above.

We used to climb at +2 Lb / 2400 RPM (34" for the Yanks), and had a lot of Cylinder Head problems, as this was the upper limit of the Lean range. Upon increasing Climb Power to +3 Lb / 2600 RPM, the problem disappeared.

Hope that that helps.

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