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Old 20th May 2007, 12:39
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Mixture control

Can anyone tell me why most, if not all, the Bell 47 in Australia have their mixture control lever sawn off in the cockpit.

ie. so that you cannot adjust mixture

Surely a Lyc435 tuned at sea-level is going to splutter quite a bit trying to operate out of a strip at 5000'. Leaning a bit would surely help regain the lost performance wouldnt it? So why are they disabled?
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