Peter Fanelli read what I said again; "when it comes to things like this" i.e. mixture leaning. I NEVER said the flight manual was irrelevant or void as a whole because of it's age. Don't take what I said out of context because now you've wasted my time explaining myself.
I would never go against things like fuel consumption, W&B figures, max speeds etc BUT in my opinion things like mixture leaning procedures can be open for debate.
If you ASSUME you make an ass out of you & me!
At the end of the day if there is a general consensus about my original question I'll confirm it with my instructor & go from there. Or if people feel strongly that I consult the flight manual only & ignore any information or advice that has been developed over the last 30 years regarding leaning then I'll go with that also. This is why I asked my original question because I wasn't certain of the answer. It's better that I understand something clearly because I took the time to ask than just guess my way through things ... fatal in an aviation setting.
Last edited by steve181; 17th Aug 2009 at 00:02.