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Old 29th Aug 2008, 14:16
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Crankshaft
 
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after 1000' reduce to climb power (200RPM less than full)
As far as I've been told this is a really good way to gradually destroy the enginge. In a climb at lower levels with a normally aspirated piston engine the power should be left at full throttle in order to give the engine that extra fuel needed to cool it internally. The last inch of throttle movement gives it a slighly richer mixture. Therefore you should never reduce power in a normal climb.
This is just what I've been told so if anyone has evidence of the opposite I 'd be glad to share your knowledge.

When it comes to pitch attitudes in small aircrafts, as been already said, this will vary a lot depending on the actual weight and also very difficult to set due to the very small and inaccurate artificial horizonts used.
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