Miserlou, that was the point I was trying to make. In the a/c I fly, that figure is 1500 RPM and over that figure you will only get a small rise in RPM at a low MAP. And further to going fine on final its not really going to make a difference to engine wear.
"Whilst I feel that landing time is a time for landing not farting around with anything else, I reckon props should be the last item on the BEFORE landing checklist, not the downwind check."
Agree with you there, hence the check on final for the Red's Blue's Green's check. As has been mentioned what happens if you dont conform to a standard circuit pattern and forget gear mixure etc, just as easy to do a pre-landing check which encompasses what are possibly the 3 most important things before landing imo.
Chuck, "My comments started with saying that setting the props to full fine on the down wind portion of the circuit was not in my opinion good airmanship."
Something else we agree on
, which is why I do it on final, before landing.
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