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Old 4th Sep 2007, 15:37
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tegwin
 
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Fixed wing powercheck!.!.! you what?

Im just curious really...im PPL (H), but have a really daft question for you fixed wing people....

What exactly is a 'powercheck' in a piston engined fixed wing aircraft? And how does one "fail" a power check?



In a piston helicopter, the Mags are checked to see if they effect the Rotor RPM, but this takes only a few seconds to determine the efficiency of each Mag...
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